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RICHARD ALBAN GROSS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 12, 1945 – September 3, 1968
Service recordRichard Alban Gross, of Royal Oak, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 3, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- February 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Royal Oak, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 31
- DAVID CARROLL BURCHCaptain · September 3, 1968
- RONALD MICHAEL CEDERLUNDWarrant Officer 1 · September 3, 1968
- LARRY DALE COATSLance Corporal · September 3, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD DAVID JRSergeant · September 3, 1968
From Royal Oak
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER KNAGGSCaptain · October 29, 1964
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · September 18, 1965
- MARTIN JOHN MASSUCCIMajor · October 1, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN TOWNSENDSergeant First Class · November 4, 1965
- JARMO ANTERO KARIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- RONALD LOUIS POWELLLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DONALD ALLEN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- THOMAS EDDY BIRDSALLLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- DAVID FRANKLIN VANDERCOOKPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
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.