Gray, William James, Jr., 1st Lt

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
First Lieutenant

Last Primary AFSC/MOS
AAF MOS 1055-Pilot, Single-Engine Fighter

Last AFSC Group
Pilot (Officer)

Primary Unit
1945-1945, 366th Fighter Group

Service Years
1942 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Washington

Year of Birth
1923

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Casualty Info

Home Town Kirkland/Seattle, Washington	Last Address Munster/Handorf, Germany

Casualty Date Apr 16, 1945
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes	Reason Air Loss, Crash - Land
Location Germany	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Tahoma National Cemetery (VA) - Kent, Washington	Wall/Plot Coordinates

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1945, National Cemetery Administration (NCA)
	2017, World War II Fallen
	2018, American Battle Monuments Commission

Ribbon Bar

Unit Assignments


	1945-1945, 391st Fighter Squadron - Bold Tigers
	1945-1945, 366th Fighter Group

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1945-1945 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Rhineland Campaign (1944-45)
	1945-1945 WWII - European Theater of Operations/Central Europe Campaign (1945)

Colleges Attended



	1940-1942, University of Washington

My Aircraft/Missiles


	1944-1945, P-47 Thunderbolt (Jug)

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

He was strafing an enemy truck in his P-47D when his left wing hit some trees and he crashed and was killed. His remains were recovered in 2016.

Comments/Citation:

Sources:

https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=929&mtch=4&cat=WR26&tf=F&q=William+J+
Gray&bc=sl&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=
312533&rlst=87969,215748,247937,312533

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=56299254

https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=180406213

http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/american-war-cemetery-margraten-g/45622-gray-william-j-jr

http://www.dpaa.mil/News-Stories/Recent-News-Stories/Article/1043300/airman-missing-from-world-war-ii-identified-gray/

https://www.abmc.gov/node/531718#.WV_bM8bGwUM

https://www.ancestry.com