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BILLY MONROE GROSS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1943 – July 23, 1968
Service recordBilly Monroe Gross, of Columbus, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 39
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1943
- Home of record
- Columbus, Georgia (Muscogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 39
- ALBERT GONZALEZPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
- LAWRENCE DEAN GOSENLieutenant Commander · July 23, 1968
- ARTHUR HADDOCKSergeant · July 23, 1968
- GREGORY PHILLIP HELSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 1968
From Columbus
- RUBE ALFRED FREEMANMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1963
- WILLIAM EDWARD TH FLOWERSChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 12, 1963
- JERRY LEE TAYLORCaptain · February 17, 1964
- PATRICK PALMER CALHOUNSecond Lieutenant · April 19, 1965
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- DURWARD FRANK RAYSergeant · July 7, 1965
- CLIFFORD DEAN MELTONStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1965
- FRANK BOYNTONSpecialist Four · September 18, 1965
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · November 12, 1965
- EDDIE LEE POUGHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
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.