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CPT James Floyd Ray

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CPT James Floyd Ray Veteran

Birth
Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Georgia, USA
Death
9 Jan 1965 (aged 27)
Vietnam
Burial
San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
W, 2994
Memorial ID
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Captain. USMA Class of 1959. Starman. Cullum # 22234. Killed in action in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, 1965. Assigned to MACV, SD-5891.

Brief biographical information from the USMA AoG REGISTER of Graduates:
Born in Georgia. Selected Infantry Branch. Rhodes Scholar, Oxford, England (1959-1962). 4th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, WA (1963-1964). MACV (1964-1965).

Recipient of the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal with "V" for Valor, Army Commendation Medal, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge.

Memorial article in the USMA AoG ASSEMBLY magazine; Fall, 1967.

Remembered on the Vietnam Memorial Wall on the Mall in Washington, D.C.; Panel 1 East, Line 81.

Remembered in Cullum Hall at the U.S.M.A., West Point, NY.

Remembered with a Memorial Brick in front of USMA AoG Headquarters (Herbert Hall), U.S.M.A., West Point, NY.

CPT Ray has Honoree ID # 272345 at the Military Hall of Honor: http://www.militaryhallofhonor.com/honoree-record.php?id=272345

Captain. USMA Class of 1959. Starman. Cullum # 22234. Killed in action in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, 1965. Assigned to MACV, SD-5891.

Brief biographical information from the USMA AoG REGISTER of Graduates:
Born in Georgia. Selected Infantry Branch. Rhodes Scholar, Oxford, England (1959-1962). 4th Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, WA (1963-1964). MACV (1964-1965).

Recipient of the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal with "V" for Valor, Army Commendation Medal, Purple Heart, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal and the Combat Infantryman Badge.

Memorial article in the USMA AoG ASSEMBLY magazine; Fall, 1967.

Remembered on the Vietnam Memorial Wall on the Mall in Washington, D.C.; Panel 1 East, Line 81.

Remembered in Cullum Hall at the U.S.M.A., West Point, NY.

Remembered with a Memorial Brick in front of USMA AoG Headquarters (Herbert Hall), U.S.M.A., West Point, NY.

CPT Ray has Honoree ID # 272345 at the Military Hall of Honor: http://www.militaryhallofhonor.com/honoree-record.php?id=272345



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