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WILLIE JAMES RAY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 17, 1949 – October 6, 1970
Service recordWillie James Ray, of Centreville, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 6, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 114
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)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Centreville, Mississippi (Amite County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 6, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 114
- JOSEPH MCGUCKINSpecialist Four · October 5, 1970
- ANDRES MORENO JRPrivate · October 5, 1970
- ELPIDIO J RAVELO-TORIBIOSpecialist Four · October 5, 1970
- DENNIS EDWARD VACENOVSKYFirst Lieutenant · October 5, 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.