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ROBERT LYNDON GRAY
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 25, 1945 – November 27, 1967
Service recordRobert Lyndon Gray, of Marengo, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 27, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electronics Technician (Submarine) (ET)
- Born
- August 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Marengo, Illinois (Mchenry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 97
- EDWARD COWART HUGHES IIISpecialist Four · November 27, 1967
- WILLIAM RAYMOND HUNTFirst Sergeant · November 27, 1967
- JAMES ISRAEL KINGLance Corporal · November 27, 1967
- DAVID ALEN LAPEWarrant Officer 1 · November 27, 1967
From Marengo
- STEVEN HENRY GERLACHFirst Lieutenant · March 26, 1968
- RONALD DALE WESTPHALSergeant · October 26, 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.