Raymond Frank Ray was born 12 December 1924
Died 12 May 1945 on Okinawa Island, Ryuku Islands
7th Marines, 1th Marine Division, Company C, Machine Gunner
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Oliver M. Ray, Rt 1, Riceville, TN
In a letter dated 5 Oct 1945 from his friend and Squad Leader Corp. Edward L. Isaacs wrote to Raymond’s mother, “It is hard for me to write about it for I thought more of him than my own Brothers, and that is a lot. He got killed early in the morning, we were in the same hole and it happened-he got up to go to another place, and just left the hole and got hit-I pulled him back in with me, but it was too late for he died immediately – he never spoke a word or made a sound.”
- Rank: Private First Class
- Date of birth: 12 December 1924
- Date of death: 12 May 1945
- County: McMinn
- Hometown: Riceville
- Service Branch: Marine Corps
- Division/Assignment: 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division
- Theater: Pacific
- Conflict: World War II
- Battles: Okinawa
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Cedar Grove Cemetery, Athens, TN
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XV, Bottom Panel
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