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ROBERT MILLARD GROSCOST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 8, 1949 – October 30, 1969
Service recordRobert Millard Groscost, of Mansfield, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Mansfield, Ohio (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 4
- ROGER EUGENE CARROLLSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER CHILDSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
- THOMAS ELMER CLARKSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
- GERALD WILBERT DURTKASergeant First Class · October 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CRAIG BRANNONSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 2
- ROGER EUGENE CARROLLSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 4
From Mansfield
- LUTHER EDMOND RITCHEY JRLance Corporal · October 8, 1963
- TYRONE WADE HISEYWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES MICHAEL TODDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- STANLEY RICHARD GLEISINGERCorporal · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK RATHBUNPrivate First Class · December 29, 1966
- WILLIAM THEODORE NORRISSpecialist Five · March 17, 1967
- MICHAEL HENRY JULIANPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- EDUARD ADOLPH AUERStaff Sergeant · September 19, 1967
- ROBERT LEE FUQUA JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS REEVES JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
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.