2LT William Robert Bray, Vietnam Veteran, Native of Burlington, NC.
Second Lieutenant William Robert Bray was a casualty of the Vietnam War. As a member of the Army Reserve, 2LT Bray served our country until October 9th, 1967 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam. He was 25 years old and was married. It was reported that William died from small arms fire or grenade. His body was recovered. 2LT Bray is on panel 27E, line 079 of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. He served our country for less than a year.
The fifth graders at Grove Park Elementary School in Burlington, NC, visited the Wall on April 8, 2006, and found your name. We made a rubbing and took it back to school. Thank you for the sacrifice that you made for our country. We will not forget you! Grove Park Elementary School Fifth Graders.
Friend of his radio man. Thanks for taking care of my friend. My high school friend Richard(Rick)Irwin was your radio man, and was killed with you on the 9th of October 1967. I don't know what he was like as a radioman. I really don't even know what one does, but I know that Rick was a loving guy who stood by his friends. I only know that on that day 40 years ago he stood by you as well. Thanks for looking out after my friend. Frank B. Clark, Arcadia CA 91007, [email protected].
"So long ole friend. I will never forget you and the good times we had in college. What a sincere pleasure it was to know you and to be your friend. It just did not last long enough." "With each passing day, the time we see each other again is less and less." Stay on guard duty at Heaven's Pearly Gates, so I can get through. "You deserve to be there; I don't." "Continue the March", dear friend! Demus L. Thompson
Bill and I were classmates in Infantry OCS at Ft. Benning, GA. He was remembered, along with our other fallen classmates, on a plaque dedicated at the OCS Battalion on 7 March 2002, at the occasion of the 35th anniversary of our graduation from OCS. His sacrifice will never be forgotten by his loyal friends and classmates. Richard F. St.John, LTC, USAR(Ret).
Bill was a fine young man we lost too soon. He is still remembered. Alan long
I graduated from Infantry Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning, GA with William Bray on March 7, 1967 and remember him to this day. I salute him and the other graduates from the Benning School for Boys who were killed in action in Vietnam. God bless him. Brian Smith, [email protected]
I served with William Bray and want to remind everyone of his service, his courage and his sacrifice. Late in the afternoon of October 9, 1967 two platoons of our rifle company assaulted North Vietnamese Army positions on a heavily vegetated ridgeline. The North Vietnamese were in much greater strength than anticipated and the assault quickly became a desperate, mortal struggle. William Bray was a platoon leader, a second lieutenant, who led one of the assaulting platoons. As fate would have it, his platoon attacked what turned out to be the strongest part of the North Vietnamese positions. Lt. Bray and his men were greatly outnumbered but his leadership never faltered. He led his men with courage and his actions on that day earned him a posthumous decoration for gallantry in action. William Bray was a hero. I write this on behalf of all the men of Company A, 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry. Tim Peters, PO Box 6316, Clearwater, FL 33758, [email protected].
We graduated Together from OCS. From March 7-10, 2002 Class 14-67 (52nd Co.) of the Fort Benning Infantry Officer Candidate School will hold a reunion, 35 years after graduating as 2nd Lieutenants on March 7, 1967. William Bray was a classmate of ours and will be honored on Friday, March 8, 2002, when those class members present will dedicate a brass and marble plaque at the site of our OCS barracks at Fort Benning. The plaque will be permanently placed in the ground for all those future officer candidates to see and contemplate the enormous sacrifice made by our 10 classmates and 2 Tactical Officers who were killed in action in Vietnam. Wives, parents or close relatives are invited to join the dedication if they find it possible. You will be welcome to also participate in the other events associated with our reunion. Anyone who would like more information should respond to my email address. Brian Smith, [email protected].
Salute to a Friend: Bill Bray was my friend and my neighbor in Burlington, NC while we were in high school. I admired and respected him. He was a quiet, kind, fine young man with so much promise in his young life. The last time I saw him was at a wedding in which he was a groomsman. He had graduated from college and married and seemed to be really coming into the man he would be. It was really special to see him doing so well. When I heard he had been killed in Vietnam it made me so very sad. Our world needs more men like Bill Bray and our loss is still felt today. I think of him often. He will always be remembered by his friends and family. Molly Newton, Greensboro, NC.
Bray, William Robert, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, was killed in action in Vietnam on October 9, 1967 while on a search and destroy mission near Phuoc Son. Lt Bray, age 25, had been in South Vietnam for less than a month at the time of his death. He was a native of Burlington and the son of Mrs. Ethel Whitt Bray of Trail 2 and the late Mr. William Herbert Bray, Jr.
He was the husband of Mrs. Marcia Leypoldt Bray of Nashua, New Hampshire.
Lt. Bray was a 1960 graduate of Walter Williams High School here and a 1964 graduate of Elon College. He entered the service in April 1966 and received his commission as a second lieutenant. Lt. Bray was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. Serving as platoon leader of Co. A 1st Battalion 35th Infantry, Bray was killed while moving to assist men in his platoon who had been pinned down by enemy fire. He was cited for personally eliminating 3 North Vietnamese enemy soldiers and silencing a concealed automatic weapon position with a hand grenade. In addition to his wife and his mother, Lt. Bray is survived by 3 sisters—Mrs. J.I. White III, Mrs. Ronald William Smith, and Miss Marion Faye Bray. Lt. Bray was a member of the First Baptist Church of Burlington. No burial details were available. Source: Times-News October 12, 1967 and March 26, 1968.
He served with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, "Cacti Forever", 4th Infantry Division, USARV.
He was awarded The Combat Infantryman's Badge(CIB), The Silver Star Medal for Gallantry in Action, The Purple Heart Medal for his combat related wounds, The Vietnam Service Medal, The Republic of Vietnam Campaign Service Medal, The National Defense Service Medal and The Good Conduct Medal.
Second Lieutenant William Robert Bray was a casualty of the Vietnam War. As a member of the Army Reserve, 2LT Bray served our country until October 9th, 1967 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam. He was 25 years old and was married. It was reported that William died from small arms fire or grenade. His body was recovered. 2LT Bray is on panel 27E, line 079 of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. He served our country for less than a year.
The fifth graders at Grove Park Elementary School in Burlington, NC, visited the Wall on April 8, 2006, and found your name. We made a rubbing and took it back to school. Thank you for the sacrifice that you made for our country. We will not forget you! Grove Park Elementary School Fifth Graders.
Friend of his radio man. Thanks for taking care of my friend. My high school friend Richard(Rick)Irwin was your radio man, and was killed with you on the 9th of October 1967. I don't know what he was like as a radioman. I really don't even know what one does, but I know that Rick was a loving guy who stood by his friends. I only know that on that day 40 years ago he stood by you as well. Thanks for looking out after my friend. Frank B. Clark, Arcadia CA 91007, [email protected].
"So long ole friend. I will never forget you and the good times we had in college. What a sincere pleasure it was to know you and to be your friend. It just did not last long enough." "With each passing day, the time we see each other again is less and less." Stay on guard duty at Heaven's Pearly Gates, so I can get through. "You deserve to be there; I don't." "Continue the March", dear friend! Demus L. Thompson
Bill and I were classmates in Infantry OCS at Ft. Benning, GA. He was remembered, along with our other fallen classmates, on a plaque dedicated at the OCS Battalion on 7 March 2002, at the occasion of the 35th anniversary of our graduation from OCS. His sacrifice will never be forgotten by his loyal friends and classmates. Richard F. St.John, LTC, USAR(Ret).
Bill was a fine young man we lost too soon. He is still remembered. Alan long
I graduated from Infantry Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning, GA with William Bray on March 7, 1967 and remember him to this day. I salute him and the other graduates from the Benning School for Boys who were killed in action in Vietnam. God bless him. Brian Smith, [email protected]
I served with William Bray and want to remind everyone of his service, his courage and his sacrifice. Late in the afternoon of October 9, 1967 two platoons of our rifle company assaulted North Vietnamese Army positions on a heavily vegetated ridgeline. The North Vietnamese were in much greater strength than anticipated and the assault quickly became a desperate, mortal struggle. William Bray was a platoon leader, a second lieutenant, who led one of the assaulting platoons. As fate would have it, his platoon attacked what turned out to be the strongest part of the North Vietnamese positions. Lt. Bray and his men were greatly outnumbered but his leadership never faltered. He led his men with courage and his actions on that day earned him a posthumous decoration for gallantry in action. William Bray was a hero. I write this on behalf of all the men of Company A, 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry. Tim Peters, PO Box 6316, Clearwater, FL 33758, [email protected].
We graduated Together from OCS. From March 7-10, 2002 Class 14-67 (52nd Co.) of the Fort Benning Infantry Officer Candidate School will hold a reunion, 35 years after graduating as 2nd Lieutenants on March 7, 1967. William Bray was a classmate of ours and will be honored on Friday, March 8, 2002, when those class members present will dedicate a brass and marble plaque at the site of our OCS barracks at Fort Benning. The plaque will be permanently placed in the ground for all those future officer candidates to see and contemplate the enormous sacrifice made by our 10 classmates and 2 Tactical Officers who were killed in action in Vietnam. Wives, parents or close relatives are invited to join the dedication if they find it possible. You will be welcome to also participate in the other events associated with our reunion. Anyone who would like more information should respond to my email address. Brian Smith, [email protected].
Salute to a Friend: Bill Bray was my friend and my neighbor in Burlington, NC while we were in high school. I admired and respected him. He was a quiet, kind, fine young man with so much promise in his young life. The last time I saw him was at a wedding in which he was a groomsman. He had graduated from college and married and seemed to be really coming into the man he would be. It was really special to see him doing so well. When I heard he had been killed in Vietnam it made me so very sad. Our world needs more men like Bill Bray and our loss is still felt today. I think of him often. He will always be remembered by his friends and family. Molly Newton, Greensboro, NC.
Bray, William Robert, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, was killed in action in Vietnam on October 9, 1967 while on a search and destroy mission near Phuoc Son. Lt Bray, age 25, had been in South Vietnam for less than a month at the time of his death. He was a native of Burlington and the son of Mrs. Ethel Whitt Bray of Trail 2 and the late Mr. William Herbert Bray, Jr.
He was the husband of Mrs. Marcia Leypoldt Bray of Nashua, New Hampshire.
Lt. Bray was a 1960 graduate of Walter Williams High School here and a 1964 graduate of Elon College. He entered the service in April 1966 and received his commission as a second lieutenant. Lt. Bray was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. Serving as platoon leader of Co. A 1st Battalion 35th Infantry, Bray was killed while moving to assist men in his platoon who had been pinned down by enemy fire. He was cited for personally eliminating 3 North Vietnamese enemy soldiers and silencing a concealed automatic weapon position with a hand grenade. In addition to his wife and his mother, Lt. Bray is survived by 3 sisters—Mrs. J.I. White III, Mrs. Ronald William Smith, and Miss Marion Faye Bray. Lt. Bray was a member of the First Baptist Church of Burlington. No burial details were available. Source: Times-News October 12, 1967 and March 26, 1968.
He served with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, "Cacti Forever", 4th Infantry Division, USARV.
He was awarded The Combat Infantryman's Badge(CIB), The Silver Star Medal for Gallantry in Action, The Purple Heart Medal for his combat related wounds, The Vietnam Service Medal, The Republic of Vietnam Campaign Service Medal, The National Defense Service Medal and The Good Conduct Medal.
2LT William Robert Bray, Vietnam Veteran, Native of Burlington, NC.
Second Lieutenant William Robert Bray was a casualty of the Vietnam War. As a member of the Army Reserve, 2LT Bray served our country until October 9th, 1967 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam. He was 25 years old and was married. It was reported that William died from small arms fire or grenade. His body was recovered. 2LT Bray is on panel 27E, line 079 of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. He served our country for less than a year.
The fifth graders at Grove Park Elementary School in Burlington, NC, visited the Wall on April 8, 2006, and found your name. We made a rubbing and took it back to school. Thank you for the sacrifice that you made for our country. We will not forget you! Grove Park Elementary School Fifth Graders.
Friend of his radio man. Thanks for taking care of my friend. My high school friend Richard(Rick)Irwin was your radio man, and was killed with you on the 9th of October 1967. I don't know what he was like as a radioman. I really don't even know what one does, but I know that Rick was a loving guy who stood by his friends. I only know that on that day 40 years ago he stood by you as well. Thanks for looking out after my friend. Frank B. Clark, Arcadia CA 91007, [email protected].
"So long ole friend. I will never forget you and the good times we had in college. What a sincere pleasure it was to know you and to be your friend. It just did not last long enough." "With each passing day, the time we see each other again is less and less." Stay on guard duty at Heaven's Pearly Gates, so I can get through. "You deserve to be there; I don't." "Continue the March", dear friend! Demus L. Thompson
Bill and I were classmates in Infantry OCS at Ft. Benning, GA. He was remembered, along with our other fallen classmates, on a plaque dedicated at the OCS Battalion on 7 March 2002, at the occasion of the 35th anniversary of our graduation from OCS. His sacrifice will never be forgotten by his loyal friends and classmates. Richard F. St.John, LTC, USAR(Ret).
Bill was a fine young man we lost too soon. He is still remembered. Alan long
I graduated from Infantry Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning, GA with William Bray on March 7, 1967 and remember him to this day. I salute him and the other graduates from the Benning School for Boys who were killed in action in Vietnam. God bless him. Brian Smith, [email protected]
I served with William Bray and want to remind everyone of his service, his courage and his sacrifice. Late in the afternoon of October 9, 1967 two platoons of our rifle company assaulted North Vietnamese Army positions on a heavily vegetated ridgeline. The North Vietnamese were in much greater strength than anticipated and the assault quickly became a desperate, mortal struggle. William Bray was a platoon leader, a second lieutenant, who led one of the assaulting platoons. As fate would have it, his platoon attacked what turned out to be the strongest part of the North Vietnamese positions. Lt. Bray and his men were greatly outnumbered but his leadership never faltered. He led his men with courage and his actions on that day earned him a posthumous decoration for gallantry in action. William Bray was a hero. I write this on behalf of all the men of Company A, 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry. Tim Peters, PO Box 6316, Clearwater, FL 33758, [email protected].
We graduated Together from OCS. From March 7-10, 2002 Class 14-67 (52nd Co.) of the Fort Benning Infantry Officer Candidate School will hold a reunion, 35 years after graduating as 2nd Lieutenants on March 7, 1967. William Bray was a classmate of ours and will be honored on Friday, March 8, 2002, when those class members present will dedicate a brass and marble plaque at the site of our OCS barracks at Fort Benning. The plaque will be permanently placed in the ground for all those future officer candidates to see and contemplate the enormous sacrifice made by our 10 classmates and 2 Tactical Officers who were killed in action in Vietnam. Wives, parents or close relatives are invited to join the dedication if they find it possible. You will be welcome to also participate in the other events associated with our reunion. Anyone who would like more information should respond to my email address. Brian Smith, [email protected].
Salute to a Friend: Bill Bray was my friend and my neighbor in Burlington, NC while we were in high school. I admired and respected him. He was a quiet, kind, fine young man with so much promise in his young life. The last time I saw him was at a wedding in which he was a groomsman. He had graduated from college and married and seemed to be really coming into the man he would be. It was really special to see him doing so well. When I heard he had been killed in Vietnam it made me so very sad. Our world needs more men like Bill Bray and our loss is still felt today. I think of him often. He will always be remembered by his friends and family. Molly Newton, Greensboro, NC.
Bray, William Robert, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, was killed in action in Vietnam on October 9, 1967 while on a search and destroy mission near Phuoc Son. Lt Bray, age 25, had been in South Vietnam for less than a month at the time of his death. He was a native of Burlington and the son of Mrs. Ethel Whitt Bray of Trail 2 and the late Mr. William Herbert Bray, Jr.
He was the husband of Mrs. Marcia Leypoldt Bray of Nashua, New Hampshire.
Lt. Bray was a 1960 graduate of Walter Williams High School here and a 1964 graduate of Elon College. He entered the service in April 1966 and received his commission as a second lieutenant. Lt. Bray was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. Serving as platoon leader of Co. A 1st Battalion 35th Infantry, Bray was killed while moving to assist men in his platoon who had been pinned down by enemy fire. He was cited for personally eliminating 3 North Vietnamese enemy soldiers and silencing a concealed automatic weapon position with a hand grenade. In addition to his wife and his mother, Lt. Bray is survived by 3 sisters—Mrs. J.I. White III, Mrs. Ronald William Smith, and Miss Marion Faye Bray. Lt. Bray was a member of the First Baptist Church of Burlington. No burial details were available. Source: Times-News October 12, 1967 and March 26, 1968.
He served with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, "Cacti Forever", 4th Infantry Division, USARV.
He was awarded The Combat Infantryman's Badge(CIB), The Silver Star Medal for Gallantry in Action, The Purple Heart Medal for his combat related wounds, The Vietnam Service Medal, The Republic of Vietnam Campaign Service Medal, The National Defense Service Medal and The Good Conduct Medal.
Second Lieutenant William Robert Bray was a casualty of the Vietnam War. As a member of the Army Reserve, 2LT Bray served our country until October 9th, 1967 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam. He was 25 years old and was married. It was reported that William died from small arms fire or grenade. His body was recovered. 2LT Bray is on panel 27E, line 079 of the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. He served our country for less than a year.
The fifth graders at Grove Park Elementary School in Burlington, NC, visited the Wall on April 8, 2006, and found your name. We made a rubbing and took it back to school. Thank you for the sacrifice that you made for our country. We will not forget you! Grove Park Elementary School Fifth Graders.
Friend of his radio man. Thanks for taking care of my friend. My high school friend Richard(Rick)Irwin was your radio man, and was killed with you on the 9th of October 1967. I don't know what he was like as a radioman. I really don't even know what one does, but I know that Rick was a loving guy who stood by his friends. I only know that on that day 40 years ago he stood by you as well. Thanks for looking out after my friend. Frank B. Clark, Arcadia CA 91007, [email protected].
"So long ole friend. I will never forget you and the good times we had in college. What a sincere pleasure it was to know you and to be your friend. It just did not last long enough." "With each passing day, the time we see each other again is less and less." Stay on guard duty at Heaven's Pearly Gates, so I can get through. "You deserve to be there; I don't." "Continue the March", dear friend! Demus L. Thompson
Bill and I were classmates in Infantry OCS at Ft. Benning, GA. He was remembered, along with our other fallen classmates, on a plaque dedicated at the OCS Battalion on 7 March 2002, at the occasion of the 35th anniversary of our graduation from OCS. His sacrifice will never be forgotten by his loyal friends and classmates. Richard F. St.John, LTC, USAR(Ret).
Bill was a fine young man we lost too soon. He is still remembered. Alan long
I graduated from Infantry Officer Candidate School at Ft. Benning, GA with William Bray on March 7, 1967 and remember him to this day. I salute him and the other graduates from the Benning School for Boys who were killed in action in Vietnam. God bless him. Brian Smith, [email protected]
I served with William Bray and want to remind everyone of his service, his courage and his sacrifice. Late in the afternoon of October 9, 1967 two platoons of our rifle company assaulted North Vietnamese Army positions on a heavily vegetated ridgeline. The North Vietnamese were in much greater strength than anticipated and the assault quickly became a desperate, mortal struggle. William Bray was a platoon leader, a second lieutenant, who led one of the assaulting platoons. As fate would have it, his platoon attacked what turned out to be the strongest part of the North Vietnamese positions. Lt. Bray and his men were greatly outnumbered but his leadership never faltered. He led his men with courage and his actions on that day earned him a posthumous decoration for gallantry in action. William Bray was a hero. I write this on behalf of all the men of Company A, 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry. Tim Peters, PO Box 6316, Clearwater, FL 33758, [email protected].
We graduated Together from OCS. From March 7-10, 2002 Class 14-67 (52nd Co.) of the Fort Benning Infantry Officer Candidate School will hold a reunion, 35 years after graduating as 2nd Lieutenants on March 7, 1967. William Bray was a classmate of ours and will be honored on Friday, March 8, 2002, when those class members present will dedicate a brass and marble plaque at the site of our OCS barracks at Fort Benning. The plaque will be permanently placed in the ground for all those future officer candidates to see and contemplate the enormous sacrifice made by our 10 classmates and 2 Tactical Officers who were killed in action in Vietnam. Wives, parents or close relatives are invited to join the dedication if they find it possible. You will be welcome to also participate in the other events associated with our reunion. Anyone who would like more information should respond to my email address. Brian Smith, [email protected].
Salute to a Friend: Bill Bray was my friend and my neighbor in Burlington, NC while we were in high school. I admired and respected him. He was a quiet, kind, fine young man with so much promise in his young life. The last time I saw him was at a wedding in which he was a groomsman. He had graduated from college and married and seemed to be really coming into the man he would be. It was really special to see him doing so well. When I heard he had been killed in Vietnam it made me so very sad. Our world needs more men like Bill Bray and our loss is still felt today. I think of him often. He will always be remembered by his friends and family. Molly Newton, Greensboro, NC.
Bray, William Robert, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, was killed in action in Vietnam on October 9, 1967 while on a search and destroy mission near Phuoc Son. Lt Bray, age 25, had been in South Vietnam for less than a month at the time of his death. He was a native of Burlington and the son of Mrs. Ethel Whitt Bray of Trail 2 and the late Mr. William Herbert Bray, Jr.
He was the husband of Mrs. Marcia Leypoldt Bray of Nashua, New Hampshire.
Lt. Bray was a 1960 graduate of Walter Williams High School here and a 1964 graduate of Elon College. He entered the service in April 1966 and received his commission as a second lieutenant. Lt. Bray was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action. Serving as platoon leader of Co. A 1st Battalion 35th Infantry, Bray was killed while moving to assist men in his platoon who had been pinned down by enemy fire. He was cited for personally eliminating 3 North Vietnamese enemy soldiers and silencing a concealed automatic weapon position with a hand grenade. In addition to his wife and his mother, Lt. Bray is survived by 3 sisters—Mrs. J.I. White III, Mrs. Ronald William Smith, and Miss Marion Faye Bray. Lt. Bray was a member of the First Baptist Church of Burlington. No burial details were available. Source: Times-News October 12, 1967 and March 26, 1968.
He served with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 35th Infantry Regiment, "Cacti Forever", 4th Infantry Division, USARV.
He was awarded The Combat Infantryman's Badge(CIB), The Silver Star Medal for Gallantry in Action, The Purple Heart Medal for his combat related wounds, The Vietnam Service Medal, The Republic of Vietnam Campaign Service Medal, The National Defense Service Medal and The Good Conduct Medal.
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