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RUFUS RAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1942 – June 9, 1967
Service recordRufus Ray, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 80
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 80
- JAMES LOUIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
- RICHARD W PODELLCaptain · June 9, 1967
- FRANK RICHARD RAGUSASpecialist Five · June 9, 1967
- RAFAEL L RIVERA-BALAGUERCaptain · June 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL RAY DURHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 78
- HAROLD LEE GIBSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 78
- JAMES LOUIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 80
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- RAY B DEBUSK JRLance Corporal · December 21, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- DOMINGO MUNOZSergeant · July 28, 1967
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.