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WILLIAM RUSSELL GRAY JR
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 17, 1946 – January 28, 1969
Service recordWilliam Russell Gray JR, of Fulton, New York, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 7
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Fulton, New York (Oswego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 28, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 33W, Line 7
- LEWIS ANDRES CALLAWAY IIISergeant · January 28, 1969
- THOMAS PATRICK DUGGANPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- WARREN REED ESKRIDGECorporal · January 28, 1969
- PHILIP BOYD JONESSecond Lieutenant · January 28, 1969
From Fulton
- JESSE GEORGE EASTMANLance Corporal · March 22, 1966
- ALLEN PAUL BROEKHUIZENPrivate First Class · October 1, 1968
- CHARLES JAMES AKINSSpecialist Four · December 5, 1968
- GEORGE AIKMAN FINTERLieutenant Colonel · February 28, 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.