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DALE ANDRE GRONSKY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 18, 1949 – April 2, 1970
Service recordDale Andre Gronsky, of Wakeman, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 81
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Wakeman, Ohio (Huron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 81
- MICKEY EUGENE GRIFFITHSergeant · April 2, 1970
- KENNETH RAY HAWLEYSergeant · April 2, 1970
- MELVYN HAMANA KALILIStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1970
- STEPHEN MICHAEL KENOFFELSpecialist Four · April 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ELLIOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 12W, Line 79
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.