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WAYNE DABNEY MCRAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 3, 1948 – February 14, 1970
Service recordWayne Dabney McRay, of Charlottesville, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 11
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Charlottesville, Virginia (Charlottesville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 11
- THOMAS ANDREW GUENTHERWarrant Officer 1 · February 14, 1970
- LOUIS WILLIAM MCLIN IIIPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- VICTOR AURELLIANO MORENOPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- RONALD GEORGE NEUBAUERCaptain · February 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LOUIS CLINESergeant · Panel 13W, Line 7
- ERNESTO CUEVAS-RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 7
- JERROLD BERNELL DAYCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 8
- JOSEPH WILLIE DUNCANSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 8
- HAROLD PHILIP FESPERMANSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 8
- GREGORY CARLYLE SCHOPERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 12
- GARY SMITHCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 12
- FERDINAND J SOCHUREK IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 12
- EARL CARL E TIDWELL JRCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 12
- JAMES HARDY WILBANKSCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 13
From Charlottesville
- GRANDVILLE R JONES JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN DEVON TYLERSergeant · July 21, 1966
- ERSKINE BUFORD WILDEPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- HARVEY MULHAUSERCaptain · January 31, 1967
- DOUGLAS DELANO WALLACEPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- HOWARD ESLIE HOLLARPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD MARSHALLWarrant Officer · November 25, 1968
- JAMES MARION KARDOSPrivate First Class · September 4, 1969
- CHARLES KING BUTLERFirst Lieutenant · December 28, 1969
- ROBERT HOYT RUGGLESPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
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.