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MICHAEL ANTHONY GROSS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 9, 1951 – June 13, 1970
Service recordMichael Anthony Gross, of El Centro, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1951
- Home of record
- El Centro, California (Imperial County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 50
- PHILLIP WILLIAM GREEN JRSpecialist Four · June 13, 1970
- DENNIS EDWARD HEITNERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1970
- LEWIS EUGENE HUGHES IILance Corporal · June 13, 1970
- JAMES DOUGLAS RUMMELSergeant · June 13, 1970
From El Centro
- EDUARDO CAMARENA-SALAZARPrivate First Class · September 17, 1965
- MICHAEL LEROY BYAMPrivate First Class · October 2, 1966
- KURT CLARENCE STAABPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- WILLIAM DAVID RAYPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- RALPH EDWARD ICKE IILance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- JESSE ARMANDO MALLOBOXPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- ERICH LINWOOD TIDWELLPrivate · September 17, 1969
- DENNIS WILLIAM DOTSONFirst Lieutenant · June 5, 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.