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ROBERT HENRY GROSS
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
January 20, 1929 – December 10, 1967
Service recordRobert Henry Gross, of St Clair, Michigan, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear Weapons Employment Specialist, Intelligence Staff Officer (G2,a2,s2) (59301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 20, 1929
- Home of record
- St Clair, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 74
- HENRY R GARCIAStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1967
- DANIEL ELI GARDNERCorporal · December 10, 1967
- MANUEL MARTINEZ GONZALESCorporal · December 10, 1967
- JERRY GRANTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RHINE HART BOGERSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 71
- JOHNNY VILLARREALSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 76
- RONALD CLARK STALLINGSSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 78
From St Clair
- DENNIS CARROL MANNINGLance Corporal · December 11, 1965
- ROBERT KINLOCH LOWESpecialist Five · February 24, 1966
- RONDA LEE RAGLINPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MEEKLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- MARK LANE DICKSONSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
- HOWARD JOHN HARTMANCorporal · August 29, 1968
- DEWAYNE THOMAS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1968
- JOHN PIZZUTISpecialist Four · December 11, 1968
- CHARLES DAVID SNYDERPrivate First Class · March 8, 1969
- EARL CONRAD RIDER JRSergeant · March 18, 1969
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.