The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Commander Harold Edwin Gray, Jr., United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving with Attack Squadron TWENTY-FIVE (VA-25), embarked in U.S.S. MIDWAY (CVA-41). During a convoy strike on the night of 21 May 1965, Lieutenant Commander Gray led successive attacks against the target in the face of heavy and accurate enemy automatic weapons fire, resulting in near total destruction of a 50-truck convoy in North Vietnam.

The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Award of the Distinguished Flying Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Commander Harold Edwin Gray, Jr., United States Navy, for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight while serving with Attack Squadron TWENTY-FIVE (VA-25), embarked in U.S.S. MIDWAY (CVA-41), during operations against enemy aggressor forces in North Vietnam on 7 August 1965. Lieutenant Commander Gray participated in successive attacks on a military installation in the city of Dong Hoi, North Vietnam, in the face of heavy and accurate anti-aircraft fire which ultimately cost him his life. His airmanship, courage and devotion to duty were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.