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JIMMY RAY GROSS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 18, 1949 – March 1, 1969
Service recordJimmy Ray Gross, of Hickory, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 3
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Hickory, North Carolina (Catawba County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 30W, Line 3
- RODNEY MICHAEL GOODESergeant · March 1, 1969
- JOHN PAUL GRIMENSTEIN JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- RUDOLPH GUARDADOPrivate First Class · March 1, 1969
- EDWARD LEWIS HARRISWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ALLAN CARAPEZZASpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 99
- JAMES ADOLPH CRAFTCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 2
- RODNEY MICHAEL GOODESergeant · Panel 30W, Line 3
- THOMAS LEE GAINES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 4
- DAVID EUGENE LOVEGRENCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 5
- JOHN WILLIAM MASSEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 6
- DENNIS EUGENE WISNIEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 9
From Hickory
- PAUL EDWARD RUDEEN JRFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1965
- LARRY EUGENE FOWLERLance Corporal · February 22, 1967
- JAMES LEE ROSSLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- MCCLURE THACKERSONPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- RONALD LEE CROOKSCorporal · June 7, 1967
- STEVE MONROE SUMMERLINLance Corporal · October 26, 1967
- JERRY W BRANNOCKPrivate First Class · December 11, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD DEESE JRCorporal · February 26, 1968
- EDWIN DOUGLAS CONNELLSergeant · April 8, 1968
- EUGENE HARRISPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
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.