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GARY WAYNE GROSS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 7, 1947 – December 16, 1968
Service recordGary Wayne Gross, of Jackson Center, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 30
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Jackson Center, Ohio (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 30
- CHARLES LEROY KNEECEPetty Officer Third Class · December 16, 1968
- ZYGMUNT KOWALEWSKISergeant First Class · December 16, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LUDWIGPrivate First Class · December 16, 1968
- WARDELL PERKINSSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RICHARD BISHOPPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 28
- WARDELL PERKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 36W, Line 30
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.