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ROBERT AYERS GRUHN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 19, 1946 – May 13, 1969
Service recordRobert Ayers Gruhn, of Rochester, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 101
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
- October 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Rochester, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
112 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 101
- ALVIN GRIMESSergeant · May 13, 1969
- JAMES CECIL HARPER JRSergeant · May 13, 1969
- WILLIAM LYLE HAYDENPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- CLEABERN WILLIAM HILL JRPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DELANO BLEAPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 94
- KILBERN DEAN BOUDRAPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 95
- JAMES HERBERT DYECorporal · Panel 25W, Line 98
- RONALD WAYNE MARRSSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 105
- JOHN EDWARD RAYSergeant First Class · Panel 25W, Line 109
From Rochester
- EUGENE RICHARDSONAirman First Class · October 24, 1964
- JOHN E EHRMENTRAUT JRPrivate First Class · April 24, 1965
- ALBERT S KNIGHT IIILance Corporal · June 22, 1965
- JOHN BERNARD TETTEPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- GEORGE STEPHEN BALAZYPrivate First Class · September 12, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- NOEL MICHAEL BARTOLFPrivate First Class · January 2, 1966
- NICHOLES SOCHACKIPrivate First Class · February 25, 1966
- RICHARD FLOYD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 16, 1966
- ROBERT JULIUS VANREYPENPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
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.