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WILLIAM DAVID RAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 10, 1948 – November 27, 1968
Service recordWilliam David Ray, of El Centro, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 78
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
- Ballistic Missile Repair Apprentice (21A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1948
- Home of record
- El Centro, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; 33 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 78
- AUGUST KARL RITZAUFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- WAYNE JOHNATHAN ROGERSCorporal · November 27, 1968
- JOHN ROGER RYAN JRCorporal · November 27, 1968
- DWIGHT CUTLER SARJEANTFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CLARENCE ADAMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 70
- DAVID ALTON BRYANTCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 71
- DENNIS JAMES FETTPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 73
- WILLIAM GIBBS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 74
- WILSON FITZGERALD HALLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 74
- BILLY CHARLES HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 74
- ERIC DORAN JENKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 75
- JOE ALAN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 75
- BOOKER T LOFTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 75
- MALCOLM EUGENE LOMAXPrivate · Panel 38W, Line 76
- VINCENT LEO MAGERSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 76
- DONALD STEPHEN MIHORDINSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 77
- MICHAEL GRAMBLING PARRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 77
- JOHN ROGER RYAN JRCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 78
- SALVATORE JOHN PISCITELLOSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 79
- LONNIE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 81
- JOEL DAVID WOLFESpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 81
- JOE IRVIN WOODCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 81
- RODNEY BIRDELL YARDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 81
From El Centro
- EDUARDO CAMARENA-SALAZARPrivate First Class · September 17, 1965
- MICHAEL LEROY BYAMPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- KURT CLARENCE STAABPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD ICKE IILance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- JESSE ARMANDO MALLOBOXPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- ERICH LINWOOD TIDWELLPrivate · September 17, 1969
- DENNIS WILLIAM DOTSONFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 1970
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GROSSSergeant · June 13, 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.