LeRoy Bray was born in 1923 in Georgia. He resided in Warren County, Georgia prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on March 29, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Benning, Georgia. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a private family servant and also as Single, without dependents. Leroy served as a Technician Fifth Grade, 76th Engineer Light Pontoon Company, U.S. Army during World War II.

Leroy was a passenger on C-47A #43-30640. He was declared "Missing In Action" when this C-47A, while on an Air Supply trip between Shinbweyang Air Port, Myanmar and Myitkyina Airport, Myanmar, went missing during the war, it was August 19, 1944. Leroy was not officially declared as being dead by the military until August 20, 1945, 1 year and 1 day after he went missing as was the custom. His name is commemorated on the Walls of the Missing, Manila American Cemetery, Taguig City, Philippines.

He was one of over 2000 Americans who lost their lives defending China from their Japanese invaders from 1941-1945. He is also commemorated on the The Monument to the Aviation Martyrs in the War of Resistance Against Japan in Nanjing, China.

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