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ROBERT LEE GRAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 12, 1948 – June 16, 1970
Service recordRobert Lee Gray, of Cologne, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 57
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Cologne, New Jersey (Atlantic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 57
- GERARD REX BONIFAZISergeant · June 16, 1970
- WILLIAM DAVID BRIDGEFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1970
- WARREN GAMALIEL FRANKS JRSergeant · June 16, 1970
- FREDERICK RICHARD LEVINSSergeant · June 16, 1970
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.