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WILLIAM EARL GRAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 4, 1947 – February 6, 1967
Service recordWilliam Earl Gray, of Corona, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 129
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Corona, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 129
- DONALD JOE HALLChief Master Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- LUCIUS LAMAR HEISKELLMajor · February 6, 1967
- FRED ARTHUR JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- RICHARD ABBOTT KIBBEYColonel · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL W ARRINGTON JRCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 126
- DONALD RAY BAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 126
- SAMUEL JUNIOUS BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 126
- JIMMY LEE BUSSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 127
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 128
- RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 130
- SAMUEL DWIGHT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 2
From Corona
- CHARLES VICTOR PICCOLELLAPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES PHILIP DETOMASOPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- ANTHONY VICTOR CAMPANIELLOSpecialist Four · December 19, 1967
- LEANDRO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- RANDOLPH A EDWARDSSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- CHARLES WILLIAM EGLIN IIILance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- VERNELL OWENSPrivate First Class · June 17, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH ZERILLISergeant · September 11, 1968
- BENJAMIN ROBERT TURIANOCorporal · March 24, 1969
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.