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GARY HOWARD GRUBB
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 11, 1948 – January 15, 1968
Service recordGary Howard Grubb, of Fairmont, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 53
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
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairmont, West Virginia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 53
- LARRY EUGENE HERBERTPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
- LARRY EDWIN HILLCorporal · January 15, 1968
- BERT HOWARD HINSONMaster Sergeant · January 15, 1968
- KENNETH RALPH HOWELLPrivate First Class · January 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY KENNETH ALLENSpecialist Five · Panel 34E, Line 51
- JOSEPH WALTER DUDEKPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 52
- HENRY WILLIAM GORMANSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 52
- BERT HOWARD HINSONMaster Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 53
- MICHAEL JOHN RYANSpecialist Five · Panel 34E, Line 55
From Fairmont
- EUGENE C SUMMERSSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- PHILIP VILONE JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- DANIEL WAYNE STUTLERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1966
- DAVID NORMAN WOLFECorporal · January 23, 1967
- WILLIAM BERNARD CRONINLieutenant Colonel · April 27, 1967
- RICHARD WAYNE GRIFFITHSergeant · July 2, 1967
- JACK EUGENE GORBEYStaff Sergeant · March 8, 1968
- BARRY MICHAEL PATTONLance Corporal · April 2, 1968
- CHARLES LEONARD YATESPrivate First Class · April 2, 1968
- JAMES ROSS RICHMONDPrivate First Class · June 13, 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.