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JAMES DAVID GROSS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 22, 1949 – May 16, 1968
Service recordJames David Gross, of Pittsburg, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 10
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsburg, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 10
- EUGENE GREENPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- LEON HENRY HAHN JRSergeant · May 16, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE HAMILTONCorporal · May 16, 1968
- JACK HENDERSON JRPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
From Pittsburg
- RONALD EUGENE BAIRDSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- DENNIS EUGENE THOMPSONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1968
- JERALD LEE LAWPrivate First Class · July 7, 1968
- BEN OBSENIARES MASADASLance Corporal · August 14, 1968
- WILLARD WAYNE RIGGSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1968
- JAMES LINDELL ADAMSStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1968
- RONALD CHARLES PHILLIPSLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS MITCHELLSergeant · July 19, 1969
- CLIFFORD NEWTON GREENPrivate First Class · March 21, 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.