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ROBERT ARTHUR GREGORY
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 30, 1936 – September 19, 1968
Service recordRobert Arthur Gregory, of Northville, Michigan, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 36
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 30, 1936
- Home of record
- Northville, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 36
- LLOYD EARLE GREENE JRSpecialist Five · September 19, 1968
- MICHAEL KEITH HAMNERSergeant · September 19, 1968
- BENJAMIN C HARTMAN JRMajor · September 19, 1968
- JAMES DALE RINEHARTLance Corporal · September 19, 1968
From Northville
- RICHARD EDWARD CRONKPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- GERALD ALLAN HOLMANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 14, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN STRANGEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN REGENHARDT JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- RICHARD KEITH SOMERSMajor · February 25, 1971
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.