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ROLAND WOOLDRIEDGE RAY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 17, 1944 – February 27, 1967
Service recordRoland Wooldriedge Ray, of Houston, Texas, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 108
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 17, 1944
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 108
- GEORGE ROWLAND JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- BERNARD JACOB SAUSE JRAirman · February 27, 1967
- JOHN PAUL SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- MICHAEL EUGENE SIMSHospitalman Apprentice · February 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SANTIAGO RODRIGU GONZALESSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 105
- JOHN PAUL SCOGGINSSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 108
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.