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ANTONIO AMBROSIO GRAU
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 7, 1950 – August 30, 1970
Service recordAntonio Ambrosio Grau, of Lodi, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 24
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Lodi, New Jersey (Bergen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 24
- RODGER PINKNEY CROWSpecialist Four · August 30, 1970
- KEITH RICHARD DAVIESPrivate First Class · August 30, 1970
- ROBERT EARL DEWSergeant · August 30, 1970
- GARY KEITH MORESergeant · August 30, 1970
From Lodi
- MICHAEL CHARLES ETTZCorporal · October 23, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.