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SAMUEL GRAY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 2, 1946 – December 11, 1967
Service recordSamuel Gray, of Richmond, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 11, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 81
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Richmond, Virginia (Richmond (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 81
- ANDRES LIMONPrivate First Class · December 11, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN MAGUIRESpecialist Four · December 11, 1967
- PETER T MELAHNPrivate First Class · December 11, 1967
- DOUGLAS ISAAC MOYERSecond Lieutenant · December 11, 1967
From Richmond
- WALTER PRESTON GORHAMMajor · March 16, 1963
- RICHARD SHERWIN JOHNSONCaptain · January 17, 1965
- ROBERT LEE SIMON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM DOSSAirman First Class · April 27, 1965
- CHARLES ARTHUR JENKINSLance Corporal · June 25, 1965
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- SAMUEL STANLEY TOLLIVERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · February 28, 1966
- TERRY L HARPERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1966
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.