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GREGORY ALLEN RUSSELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 17, 1948 – May 11, 1968
Service recordGregory Allen Russell, of Rio Linda, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Rio Linda, California (Sacramento County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; six of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 25
- CHESTER J RADGOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT CRAWFORD RANSOM JRSecond Lieutenant · May 11, 1968
- ARCHIE JAMES ROBERTS JRCorporal · May 11, 1968
- LEROY FRANK VALDEZSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAVID DEL GRAHAMSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 21
- REECE LESLIE MARPLEStaff Sergeant · Panel 58E, Line 23
- JOHN TERRY MOORE JRSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 24
- EDWARD MONROE SIMPSONSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 26
- MICHAEL BRUCE TURNERCorporal · Panel 58E, Line 27
- KENJI JERRY YAMASHITAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58E, Line 28
From Rio Linda
- CARL DAVID FLOWERSpecialist Four · May 31, 1967
- DANNY CRAIG DAVISCorporal · February 10, 1970
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.