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WILLIAM COTTER RAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 9, 1946 – November 6, 1969
Service recordWilliam Cotter Ray, of Marietta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 40
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Marietta, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1969; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 40
- JOSE CASTANEDA CARRILLOPrivate First Class · November 6, 1969
- THOMAS ANDREW PUTMANPrivate · November 6, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE ROBISONSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
- CHARLES BENNETT ROLLER JRSergeant · November 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LAWRENCE DELONGCorporal · Panel 16W, Line 37
- DAVID JOHN GAMBLECorporal · Panel 16W, Line 38
- DONALD GENE HEDGECOCKSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 38
- RAYMOND CARL FOERSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 39
- BRADLEY JOHN LOGANPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 39
- CHARLES WILLIAM LOWERYSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 39
- THOMAS ANDREW PUTMANPrivate · Panel 16W, Line 40
- LARRY WAYNE ROBISONSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 40
- LAVERN WILLIAM TEGTMEIERStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 41
From Marietta
- WILLIAM BAYLES CAWTHORNESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1964
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · May 24, 1967
- JOEL CLYDE ROPERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JOHNNY JUERGEN JUNKINSCorporal · March 8, 1968
- WILLIE EDWARD GLOVERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- PATRICK HENRY COOK JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE HERRENCorporal · May 27, 1968
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- EUGENE RICHARDSON IIILance Corporal · June 21, 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.