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ROBERT JOSEPH GRANDE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 14, 1947 – December 18, 1967
Service recordRobert Joseph Grande, of Roslyn, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Roslyn, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- 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 December 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 17
- PATRICK CHRISTIAN CASSIDYLance Corporal · December 18, 1967
- EDWARD L CLEMMONSpecialist Four · December 18, 1967
- THOMAS HUBBARDCorporal · December 18, 1967
- KENNETH RICHARD JACONETTIPrivate First Class · December 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD L CLEMMONSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 17
- MARSHALL LEROY RITZPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 18
From Roslyn
- BERNARD JAMES KELLEYSergeant First Class · May 22, 1965
- ARTHUR J WEINPERCorporal · April 8, 1968
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.