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GREGORY FRANCIS AMBROSE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 5, 1947 – March 15, 1968
Service recordGregory Francis Ambrose, of Glendale, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 56
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Glendale, New York (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1968; four of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh 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.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 56
- GARY LYNN WILLMANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- ERNEST HAROLD YOUNG IIIPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- GILLES DAVID ADAMSSergeant · March 15, 1968
- FRANKLIN CHARLES ARMENTOSpecialist Four · March 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK ALAN SHUTTERSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 44E, Line 62
- LARRY JOEL TAGGARTPrivate First Class · Panel 44E, Line 62
From Glendale
- WALTER THOMAS GEIGERPrivate First Class · May 19, 1967
- HUBERT JOSEPH FINKSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL SULLIVANSpecialist Four · March 28, 1969
- CHARLES THOMAS MALEYSpecialist Four · February 11, 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.