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ROBERT JOSEPH GRITTE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 25, 1929 – March 4, 1967
Service recordRobert Joseph Gritte, of Milford, Massachusetts, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 4, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 16
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 25, 1929
- Home of record
- Milford, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 4, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 4, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 16
- ERNEST MICHAEL BEAUCHAMPLance Corporal · March 4, 1967
- ROBERT EARL BUCKLEYCorporal · March 4, 1967
- RALPH LAURENCE CARLOCKMajor · March 4, 1967
- ROBERT NELSON CLARK JRSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1967
From Milford
- EUGENE FRANCIS CORMIERPrivate · September 22, 1967
- WAYNE DOUGLAS HAMELPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- DAVID MICHAEL STJOHNLance Corporal · August 18, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH KALENCaptain · September 16, 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.