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WILLIAM CLAYTON WRAY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 2, 1948 – September 23, 1968
Service recordWilliam Clayton Wray, of Plattsburgh, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 23, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 3
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Plattsburgh, New York (Clinton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 3
- ROBERT ENOCH WILLIAMSCorporal · September 23, 1968
- JOE CLEVELAND BERRYCorporal · September 24, 1968
- KARL RICHARD HARINGSergeant · September 24, 1968
- THOMAS JOSEPH SMOCZYNSKIPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
From Plattsburgh
- CARL JOSEPH LATOURSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- EUGENE EDWARD BONNETTStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD TOWNSLEYPrivate · January 5, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANCIS CONLEYCorporal · May 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES WALLACEPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- WILLIAM ALBERT ASPINALLCorporal · September 13, 1967
- ROBERT VINCENT SIPELance Corporal · October 1, 1967
- ALBERT WAYNE CUDWORTHPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- GENE ALFRED LABOUNTYLance Corporal · May 20, 1968
- EDWARD FREDERICK BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 12, 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.