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THOMAS PAUL RAY
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
May 13, 1948 – October 10, 1967
Service recordThomas Paul Ray, of Evergreen, Colorado, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 10, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 86
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- May 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Evergreen, Colorado (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 86
- WAYNE TYRONE MOLLCorporal · October 10, 1967
- HENRY EATHEN OATESLance Corporal · October 10, 1967
- CRAIG D PINCHOTSecond Lieutenant · October 10, 1967
- DONALD JAMES RYANCorporal · October 10, 1967
From Evergreen
- ELDON CHRIST VANBEBERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- GREGORY MICHAEL ROUSELance Corporal · July 25, 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.