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WILLIAM ROBERT BRAY
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 10, 1942 – October 9, 1967
Service recordWilliam Robert Bray, of Burlington, North Carolina, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 79
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Burlington, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 27E, Line 79
- DOUGLAS EDWARD ATWOODPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- MAURICE JOHN BIEHNPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH BLOTZERPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- THOMAS URBAN WAYPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JOSEPH BLOTZERPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 79
- WILLIS WAYNE EMERTONPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 80
- RICHARD RAY IRWIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 80
- DAVID LITTLEHALE FARLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 81
- GREEN LEE HARTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 81
- JIMMY ROSS HOHSTADTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 81
- ROBERT JAMES LAZAROSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 82
- BERNARD JAMES MEIRNDORFPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 82
- CHARLES EDWARD MOLANOPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 82
- JOEL CLYDE ROPERPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 83
- RONALD S SANDELPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 83
- STEPHEN JAY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 83
From Burlington
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · July 21, 1966
- KEMPER SWANSON BILLINGSPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1966
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- ROBERT LEE PATE IIIPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
- FRANKIE DON WADESpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- FRED REAVES JRSergeant · February 22, 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.