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WILLIAM CLAYTON RAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1949 – July 4, 1970
Service recordWilliam Clayton Ray, of De Mossville, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1949
- Home of record
- De Mossville, Kentucky (Pendleton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 119
- CHARLES LEON MATHEWSLance Corporal · June 7, 1970
- KELLY RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1970
- CARL LAWRENCE MICKENSCorporal · July 4, 1970
- BRUCE WARREN SHURTLEFFPrivate First Class · July 4, 1970
- JIMMIE FARRELL SLIMPrivate · July 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE LEE ROBINSONSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 117
- CARL LAWRENCE MICKENSCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 119
- WILLIAM LEE SULLIVANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 120
- GARY DENNIS THADENSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 120
From De Mossville
- BRADLEY BOWLINGPrivate First Class · May 27, 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.