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GREGORY FREDRICK MOSSFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 19, 1947 – March 20, 1968
Service recordGregory Fredrick Mossford, of Ashtabula, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Ashtabula, Ohio (Ashtabula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Ngãi 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 45E, Line 41
- MICHAEL HAYWARD KETCHPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN MADDUXCorporal · March 20, 1968
- KENNETH DEE MOORESpecialist Four · March 20, 1968
- WINCE ISAAC OVERTON JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JAMES CORDIASpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 38
- DICK E CUFFSpecialist Four · Panel 45E, Line 39
From Ashtabula
- FREDDIE EDWARD THEISLance Corporal · May 25, 1967
- RONALD LEE RICKARDPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- JOHN HENRY HALMAN JRLance Corporal · May 22, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS LICATEPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- GARY LYNN DUBACHSpecialist Four · February 14, 1969
- JERRY LAVERN ALFERINKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- CRAIG ALDEN VANAKINSpecialist Five · April 8, 1970
- ROBERT LYNN BEAVERLance Corporal · May 22, 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.