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PAUL DAVID GROSICK
Airman First Class · U.S. Air Force
August 6, 1947 – September 24, 1968
Service recordPaul David Grosick, of Wexford, Pennsylvania, served as an Airman First Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 24, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 29
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Airman First Class (A1C)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Wexford, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 29
- KEVIN LESLIE GREENESergeant · September 27, 1968
- PAUL HOLSTONPrivate First Class · September 27, 1968
- QUENTIN FOXX HURSTFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1968
- TYRONE JACKSONLance Corporal · September 27, 1968
- RICHARD LEE JONESCorporal · September 27, 1968
From Wexford
- THOMAS RUSSELL KISNERSergeant First Class · December 21, 1967
- GARY FRANCIS JOHNSTONFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 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.