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Navy Electrician’s Mate Fireman Charles E. Gray, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lawson of Route 211, Amissville, has departed Norfolk for a six-month deployment.
He is a crew member aboard the destroyer USS Dupont, a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer, 418 feet in length. During her extended
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