Table of Contents
47 relations: An Hoa Combat Base, Artillery battery, City Charter Schools, Civil Actions Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Cumberland University, Fleet Marine Force, Fleet Marine Force Combat Operation Insignia, Gallantry Cross (South Vietnam), Hospital corpsman, III Marine Expeditionary Force, Killed in action, Knoxville, Tennessee, Lebanon, Tennessee, Long Beach, California, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Base Quantico, McMinnville, Tennessee, Medal of Honor, Nashville, Tennessee, National Defense Service Medal, Naval Hospital Corps School, Naval Station Everett, Naval Training Center San Diego, People's Army of Vietnam, Petty officer second class, Presidential Unit Citation (United States), Purple Heart, Quảng Nam province, San Diego, Service star, South Vietnam, Spiro Agnew, United States, United States Army Center of Military History, United States Department of the Navy, United States Marine Corps, University of Tennessee, Vietnam Campaign Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Vietnam War, White House, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines.
- United States Navy personnel killed in the Vietnam War
An Hoa Combat Base
An Hòa Combat Base (also known as Đức Dục) is a former U.S. Marine Corps and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) base west of Hội An in Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam.
See David R. Ray and An Hoa Combat Base
Artillery battery
In military organizations, an artillery battery is a unit or multiple systems of artillery, mortar systems, rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers, surface-to-surface missiles, ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, etc., so grouped to facilitate better battlefield communication and command and control, as well as to provide dispersion for its constituent gunnery crews and their systems.
See David R. Ray and Artillery battery
City Charter Schools
City Charter Schools is a charter school operator in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.
See David R. Ray and City Charter Schools
Civil Actions Medal
The Republic of Vietnam Civil Actions Medal (Dân-Vụ Bội-Tinh) also known as the Vietnam Civil Actions Medal or Civil Actions Medal, is a military decoration of the former South Vietnamese government (1955–75).
See David R. Ray and Civil Actions Medal
Combat Action Ribbon
The Combat Action Ribbon (CAR) is a United States Navy, United States Coast Guard, and United States Marine Corps military decoration awarded to United States sea service members "who have actively participated in ground or surface combat." Coast Guardsmen, Navy sailors, and Marines active in clandestine, stealth or special operations are deemed eligible for consideration of the award.
See David R. Ray and Combat Action Ribbon
Cumberland University
Cumberland University is a private university in Lebanon, Tennessee.
See David R. Ray and Cumberland University
Fleet Marine Force
The United States Fleet Marine Forces (FMF) are combined general- and special-purpose forces within the United States Department of the Navy that perform offensive amphibious or expeditionary warfare and defensive maritime employment.
See David R. Ray and Fleet Marine Force
Fleet Marine Force Combat Operation Insignia
The Fleet Marine Force Combat Operation Insignia is a miniature inch bronze United States Marine Corps emblem that may be authorized by the Secretary of the Navy for wear on specific campaign, expeditionary, and service medal ribbons issued to United States Navy sailors attached to and on duty with Fleet Marine Force (FMF) units during combat operations and sailors on duty with Navy units attached to and operating with Fleet Marine Force units while under Marine Corps operational control during combat operations.
See David R. Ray and Fleet Marine Force Combat Operation Insignia
Gallantry Cross (South Vietnam)
The Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross also known as the Vietnamese Gallantry Cross or Vietnam Cross of Gallantry (Anh-Dũng Bội-Tinh) is a military decoration of the former Government of South Vietnam (Republic of Vietnam).
See David R. Ray and Gallantry Cross (South Vietnam)
Hospital corpsman
A hospital corpsman (HM) or corpsman is an enlisted medical specialist of the United States Navy, who may also serve in a U.S. Marine Corps unit. David R. Ray and hospital corpsman are United States Navy corpsmen.
See David R. Ray and Hospital corpsman
III Marine Expeditionary Force
III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) is a formation of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force of the United States Marine Corps.
See David R. Ray and III Marine Expeditionary Force
Killed in action
Killed in action (KIA) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own personnel at the hands of enemy or hostile forces at the moment of action.
See David R. Ray and Killed in action
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County, Tennessee, United States.
See David R. Ray and Knoxville, Tennessee
Lebanon, Tennessee
Lebanon is the county seat of Wilson County, Tennessee, United States.
See David R. Ray and Lebanon, Tennessee
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States.
See David R. Ray and Long Beach, California
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps and is one of the largest Marine Corps bases in the United States.
See David R. Ray and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton
Marine Corps Base Quantico
Marine Corps Base Quantico (commonly abbreviated MCB Quantico) is a United States Marine Corps installation located near Triangle, Virginia, covering nearly of southern Prince William County, Virginia, northern Stafford County, and southeastern Fauquier County.
See David R. Ray and Marine Corps Base Quantico
McMinnville, Tennessee
McMinnville is the largest city in and the county seat of Warren County, Tennessee, United States.
See David R. Ray and McMinnville, Tennessee
Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen who have distinguished themselves by acts of valor.
See David R. Ray and Medal of Honor
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County.
See David R. Ray and Nashville, Tennessee
National Defense Service Medal
The National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) is a service award of the United States Armed Forces established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953. It was awarded to every member of the U.S. Armed Forces who served during any one of four specified periods of armed conflict or national emergency from June 27, 1950 through December 31, 2022.
See David R. Ray and National Defense Service Medal
Naval Hospital Corps School
Naval Hospital Corps School was the United States Navy's only basic hospital corpsman school.
See David R. Ray and Naval Hospital Corps School
Naval Station Everett
Naval Station Everett (NAVSTA Everett) is a military installation located in the city of Everett, Washington, north of Seattle.
See David R. Ray and Naval Station Everett
Naval Training Center San Diego
Naval Training Center San Diego (NTC San Diego) is a former United States Navy base located at the north end of San Diego Bay, used as a training facility, commonly known as "boot camp".
See David R. Ray and Naval Training Center San Diego
People's Army of Vietnam
The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), officially the Vietnam People's Army (VPA; of Vietnam), also recognized as the Vietnamese Army (lit) or the People's Army (Quân đội Nhân dân), is the national military force of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the armed wing of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).
See David R. Ray and People's Army of Vietnam
Petty officer second class
Petty officer second class (PO2) is a rank found in some navies and maritime organizations.
See David R. Ray and Petty officer second class
Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
The Presidential Unit Citation (PUC), originally called the Distinguished Unit Citation, is awarded to units of the uniformed services of the United States, and those of allied countries, for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy on or after 7 December 1941 (the date of the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the start of American involvement in World War II).
See David R. Ray and Presidential Unit Citation (United States)
Purple Heart
The Purple Heart (PH) is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after 5 April 1917, with the U.S. military.
See David R. Ray and Purple Heart
Quảng Nam province
Quảng Nam is a coastal province near northernmost part of the South Central Coast region, the Central of Vietnam.
See David R. Ray and Quảng Nam province
San Diego
San Diego is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast in Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border.
See David R. Ray and San Diego
Service star
A service star is a miniature bronze or silver five-pointed star in diameter that is authorized to be worn by members of the eight uniformed services of the United States on medals and ribbons to denote an additional award or service period.
See David R. Ray and Service star
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN; Việt Nam Cộng hòa; VNCH, République du Viêt Nam), was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of the Cold War after the 1954 division of Vietnam.
See David R. Ray and South Vietnam
Spiro Agnew
Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973.
See David R. Ray and Spiro Agnew
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
See David R. Ray and United States
United States Army Center of Military History
The United States Army Center of Military History (CMH) is a directorate within the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.
See David R. Ray and United States Army Center of Military History
United States Department of the Navy
The United States Department of the Navy (DON) is one of the three military departments within the Department of Defense of the United States of America.
See David R. Ray and United States Department of the Navy
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through combined arms, implementing its own infantry, artillery, aerial, and special operations forces.
See David R. Ray and United States Marine Corps
University of Tennessee
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville (or The University of Tennessee; UT; UT Knoxville; or colloquially UTK or Tennessee) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee.
See David R. Ray and University of Tennessee
Vietnam Campaign Medal
The Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, also known as the Vietnam Campaign Medal (Chiến Dịch Bội Tinh), is a South Vietnamese military campaign medal which was created in 1949, and awarded to French military personnel during the First Indochina War.
See David R. Ray and Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Service Medal
The Vietnam Service Medal is a military award of the United States Armed Forces established on 8 July 1965 by order of President Lyndon B. Johnson.
See David R. Ray and Vietnam Service Medal
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War.
See David R. Ray and Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
See David R. Ray and Vietnam War
White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States.
See David R. Ray and White House
11th Marine Regiment
The 11th Marine Regiment is an artillery regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
See David R. Ray and 11th Marine Regiment
1st Battalion, 5th Marines
1st Battalion, 5th Marines (1/5) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California consisting of approximately 800 Marines and sailors.
See David R. Ray and 1st Battalion, 5th Marines
1st Marine Division
The 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV) is a Marine division of the United States Marine Corps headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.
See David R. Ray and 1st Marine Division
2nd Battalion, 11th Marines
2nd Battalion, 11th Marines (2/11) is an artillery battalion comprising four firing batteries (Echo, Fox, Golf, and India) and a Headquarters Battery.
See David R. Ray and 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines
See also
United States Navy personnel killed in the Vietnam War
- Arthur J. Elliot II
- Carl Jerrold Peterson
- David George Ouellet
- David R. Ray
- Harold Dale Meyerkord
- James J. Connell
- Jesse J. Taylor
- Marvin Glenn Shields
- Michael J. Estocin
- Rembrandt C. Robinson
- Vincent R. Capodanno
- Wayne Maurice Caron
- William Charles Fitzgerald
- Wilmer P. Cook
References
Also known as David Robert Ray.