Norfolk, Virginia
William J. Gray VIRGINIA BEACH - Retired U.S Navy Capt. William James Gray died Nov. 10, 2008. He was born Feb. 17, 1921, in Rochester, N.Y. He was the son of the late Louis Magee Gray and Dorothy Gilmore Gray. He was predeceased by his only sister, Dorothy Gray Schmit. Bill was appointed to the...
Read MoreBoatswain's Mate 2nd Class..Served on the USS Mountrail from 1964-1967. He was my 1st close-up CO that I found most warm and fair in his leadership.
May your grief be brief knowing the people under his command held him at a very high esteem.
Glenn Frenette
November 17, 2008 | Athol, MA
Dear Family of Captain Gray. I served aboard the USS Mountrail as an Engineering Officer and was deeply saddened by the news of Captain Gray's passing. I have a funny story for you. After I left the Navy in 1969 I returned to New York and worked for Irving Trust Company. Captain Gray used to give me his old Value Lines while I was on the Mountrail which I used to study for investment purposes. While going to work one day, I was on a subway train, looked across the aisle and there was...
LCDR. Rudy Pasterczyk
November 17, 2008 | Yonkers, NY
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John L. (Jack) Woods
November 12, 2008 | Sun City,, AZ
