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MARK IRWIN GROSS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 11, 1944 – October 13, 1970
Service recordMark Irwin Gross, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 131
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
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 11, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1970; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 131
- STEPHEN MICHAEL CADYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1970
- LARRY RAY CONLEYPetty Officer Third Class · October 13, 1970
- LEWIS LOREN FOWLERMaster Sergeant · October 13, 1970
- RICKS ARBRA HUTSONSpecialist Four · October 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- EUGENE ONEIL BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 130
- STEPHEN MICHAEL CADYPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 131
- RICKS ARBRA HUTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 131
- ROBERT EDWARD HARPERCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 132
- PHILLIP ARTHUR NICHOLSCaptain · Panel 7W, Line 133
- LAWRENCE MICHAEL SULLIVANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 133
- LARRY ALLEN WALKERSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 133
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.