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ROBERT EDWARD GRAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1949 – September 18, 1968
Service recordRobert Edward Gray, of Corbin, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 28
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Corbin, Kentucky (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 28
- RALPH LAVERNE GREENPetty Officer First Class · September 18, 1968
- WAYNE ALLEN HAYSLance Corporal · September 18, 1968
- ROBERT LAWRENCE JANOWITZFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1968
- AARON GILBERT JOHNSONPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RICHARD BARTELLSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 24
- JOSEPH SIMON BRAVINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 25
- JAMES RAYMOND MCCOYPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 29
- KREG ARTHUR VIESTENZPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 31
From Corbin
- DAVID LEE MILESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- BENNY GILLIS CARRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- JACKIE EDWARD TROSPERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1967
- DAVID TERRELL DURHAMPrivate First Class · July 14, 1968
- J CLIFFORD JENKINSSergeant · April 4, 1969
- GARY EARL HOLTZCLAWFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.