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WILLIAM GEORGE GRAY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 16, 1948 – June 23, 1969
Service recordWilliam George Gray, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 119
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 16, 1948
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 119
- EDWARD BRAXTON FULGHAM JRPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- ANSON THORNE GERONZIN JRSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- DAVID ROYDEN GILLSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- STEVE HATHAWAYSergeant · June 23, 1969
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
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.