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THOMAS EDWARD M GRAY JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
December 22, 1939 – February 24, 1967
Service recordThomas Edward M Gray JR, of Madawaska, Maine, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 85
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 22, 1939
- Home of record
- Madawaska, Maine (Aroostook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 85
- RAYMON DALE KESLINGStaff Sergeant · February 24, 1967
- JOSEPH BERT LUCIDOLance Corporal · February 24, 1967
- HAROLD WAYNE MADDOXCorporal · February 24, 1967
- CHARLES GILBERT MASONFirst Lieutenant · February 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILSON E BIBLER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 82
- STEVEN KIRBYCorporal · Panel 15E, Line 84
- RODNEY L RIEGERCaptain · Panel 15E, Line 86
- VICTOR VANCE ULLBERGSpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 87
From Madawaska
- JOSEPH ADRIAN G PERRONSpecialist Five · September 7, 1966
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH CYRSergeant Major · January 8, 1968
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.