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CWO Jimmie Edd Ray
16 Mar 1914 – 17 Jan 1997
| Birth | 16 Mar 1914 |
| Death | 17 Jan 1997 |
| Cemetery | Shiloh Cemetery Delta County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | William F. Haenn III on 27 Aug 2025 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/160377690 |
Bio
In the early summer of 1944 Warrant Officer Ray, the Post Finance Officer, and Captain Stanley Sawicki, the Post Civilian Personnel Officer, were assigned the daunting task of closing Fort Clark. Ray faced a staggering duty. Throughout that long hot summer, convoy after convoy of two-and-a-half ton trucks were loaded with post, camp, and station property to be moved to Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. The date ordered for closing the fort was August 28th, 1944. As the day drew closer the only soldiers left were Jimmie Ray and Captain Sawicki. They agreed to stop playing the daily bugle calls, now on a record player, and considered not even putting up the flag but thought better of it. Fort Clark quietly and unceremoniously slipped into history and out of active service on August 28, 1944, when these last soldiers turned out the lights and departed. Mr. Ray realized his place in the history of Fort Clark when he spoke of those final days, he said, "… we just couldn't get everything done and had been ordered to leave," he almost felt guilty. After his retirement from the Army, CWO Ray spent his winters at Fort Clark each year until his passing.
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- Pvt Carl Alfred Ray 1905–1966
- Floyd Thomas Ray 1911–1949
- Winnie Ray Spain 1912–2001
- William Henry Ray 1915–1996
- Elton Dewitt Ray 1916–1918
- Horace Vernon Ray 1918–2005
- Lester O. Ray 1920–2004
- Thomas Albert Ray Jr 1921–2011
- Troy Dan Ray 1923–1996
- Mary Elizabeth Ray Beeson 1924–2015
- Howard Earl "Jack" Ray 1927–1997
- Reba Evelyn Ray Trevilion 1931–2015
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