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Home State
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Year of Birth
1942 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
MAJ John Moore (SaberAlpha 10)
to remember
Bray, Ervil Thomas, CPL.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Somerset |
Last Address
Somerset
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Casualty Date
Jul 29, 1967 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died |
Reason
Artillery, Rocket, Mortar |
Location
Hau Nghia (Vietnam) |
Conflict
Vietnam War |
Location of Interment
Clay Hill Cemetery - Ruth, Kentucky |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
24E 017 |
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Last Known Activity
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Pulaski County, Ky: 20th Century War Veterans
By Turner Publishing Company
Bray, Ervil, T. Vietnam War letter to mother, Matilda Phelps, from Department of the Army 20 Oct. 1967. Dear Mrs. Phelps: President Johnson has asked that I reply to your recent letter concerning your son, Private First Class Ervil T. Bray. I can readily understand your desire to obtain more details of the circumstances attending your sons death. Reports received in the Department of the Army indicate that, on 29 July 1967, Ervil was with his squad in an armored personnel carrier on a combat operations in Vietnam. This is a light-weight vehicle which moves on tracks rather than wheels and has armored protection on all sides. It is operational on both land and water and is primarily to transport infantry personnel from one point to another. Your sons work was that of a rifleman in armored cavalry. At 11:00 A.M., the vehicle was struck by an enemy rocket with a high explosive charge designed to penetrate armored vehicles. Ervil incurred fatal wounds and died before he could be removed to a hospital. Casualty messages from Vietnam are forwarded by electrical means and are necessarily brief. I regret that there is no information as to whether or not your son died instantly or whether he spoke after he was wounded.
Your son was a brave and dedicated soldier and I am enclosing a statement of Honorable Service which you may appreciate. On behalf of the President, may I extend my deepest symphathy to you in the great loss you have suffered. Sincerely Yours, C.A. Stanfiel Colonel, AGC Acting the Adjutant General.
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Comments/Citation
Vietnam Wall Panel coords 24E 017
MOS 11D10 SN 51942688
DOB 29 Mar 1942 Sommerset, KY
KIA RVN/BATTLE/ROCKET/ARTY
Baptist/Caucasian/Married
Kingsport News (Kingsport, Tennessee)
Church Hill Man's Brother Killed In Action
CHURCH HILL, - The brother of a Church Hill man has been killed in combat in Vietnam. Army Pfc. Ervil T. Bray, 24, brother of Lowell Bray Main Street, Church Hill, was killed July 29. He was in the Army eight months.
Survivors in addition to his brother include his wife Judy and his mother, Mrs. Milida Bray, of Somerset, Ky.; five other brothers, Dewey of Somerset, Rothel and Norman of Cincinnati, Glen of San Diego, Calif, and Coy of Louisville, Ky,; and one sister, Jean, of Cincinnati.
The body will arrive in Somerset today, with funeral services to be held Monday at 2 p.m.
Ervil was born 29 March 1942 in Pulaski, Kentucky. His Father was Raymond Bray ( July 16, 1906 - April 24, 1949) His Mother was Matilda B. Meece ( 1908 - 1978) His Grandfather was William Logan Bray (26 Jan 1883 - Dec 19__) His Grandmother was Lizzie Ellen Hunt (1884 - Dec 1975) Ervil was drafted in November, 1966. He was postumously promoted to Corporal.
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