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GREGORY SQUARE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 11, 1950 – February 28, 1970
Service recordGregory Square, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 69
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 69
- BILLY JACK ROBERTSCorporal · February 28, 1970
- WALTER THOMAS SMITHSergeant · February 28, 1970
- EDWARD JOHN VAILLANCOURTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1970
- JACK ALAN VANWIERENSpecialist Four · February 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOHN HODGEStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 68
- WALTER THOMAS SMITHSergeant · Panel 13W, Line 69
- JACK ALAN VANWIERENSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 69
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.