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VAN THOMAS WRAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 22, 1949 – May 13, 1970
Service recordVan Thomas Wray, of Stoneville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 36
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Stoneville, North Carolina (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1970; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 36
- RICHARD ALAN PATTERSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1970
- PAUL LAJADA RAMOS JRSergeant · May 13, 1970
- CURTIS EDWARD RINGHOFERSergeant · May 13, 1970
- FREDRICK WAYNE SHEFFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · May 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JOHN DELIKAT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 31
- RICHARD DAVID HUMPHREYSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 33
- RHEA MARSHALL KIDDStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 34
- ALLEN ARTHUR MUNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 35
- WILLIAM JAMES OLSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 10W, Line 35
- DAVID FRANCIS WINDERPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 37
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.