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ROBERT BOYD MOSSGROVE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 28, 1949 – February 25, 1970
Service recordRobert Boyd Mossgrove, of Wellsburg, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1970, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Wellsburg, West Virginia (Brooke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1970; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 54
- GEORGE ALFRED ODIORNECorporal · February 25, 1970
- ROBERT LEON PEARSONCorporal · February 25, 1970
- JEFFRY RANDAL RIEKFirst Lieutenant · February 25, 1970
- JOE LEWIS RIVERACorporal · February 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JEFFRY RANDAL RIEKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 54
From Wellsburg
- ROBERT LEROY LAZEARFirst Lieutenant · April 15, 1967
- JOE ALBERT FUNK IISpecialist Four · May 25, 1967
- ROBERT VERNON DURBINCorporal · August 5, 1967
- HAROLD CARL DAWSON JRSpecialist Four · May 19, 1969
- HARRY ELMER LAUCKSpecialist Four · July 14, 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.