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CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 14, 1946 – March 28, 1968
Service recordChristopher A Grosse JR, of Harlingen, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 54
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Harlingen, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 28, 1968
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 46E, Line 54
- ROY DAVID ELSTON JRSpecialist Four · March 28, 1968
- GERALD FREDERICK GILBERTSergeant · March 28, 1968
- RAYMOND RICHARD GILLOCKSpecialist Five · March 28, 1968
- DENNIS LEE GRAHAMCaptain · March 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GERALD FREDERICK GILBERTSergeant · Panel 46E, Line 54
- RAYMOND RICHARD GILLOCKSpecialist Five · Panel 46E, Line 54
- RAY IRA HAASSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 55
From Harlingen
- GEORGE GUTIERREZ JRSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1965
- JOSE LUIS CABALLEROLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JULIAN GARZA CORDEROCorporal · April 27, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE HELEMSStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1966
- FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ MORENOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- RODOLFO MARCIANO GONZALEZCorporal · November 14, 1966
- JOSE MARIA FLORESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- ELIAS SALAZAR JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
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.