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JOHN ALBERT GROSS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 8, 1947 – July 27, 1971
Service recordJohn Albert Gross, of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 27, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 115
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 115
- HARRY KENDALL HARRIS JRFirst Sergeant · July 26, 1971
- RALPH EDWARD MCELRATHCorporal · July 26, 1971
- CLIFFORD FRANKLIN DOWLINGPetty Officer First Class · July 27, 1971
- RANDALL HAROLD GEISSpecialist Five · July 27, 1971
From Menomonee Falls
- RAYMOND CHARLES JAJTNERMaster Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- ERIC RUDOLPH RADTKEHospitalman · September 10, 1967
- TERRENCE LEE SUNDSpecialist Four · December 6, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES KELLEYSpecialist Five · March 25, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES MEENANPetty Officer Second Class · June 6, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD LEXLance Corporal · April 16, 1969
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.