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ROBERT STEVEN GROSSHART
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 6, 1945 – June 11, 1968
Service recordRobert Steven Grosshart, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 25
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1945
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 25
- OLLIE FORTEStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1968
- PAUL RAYMOND HARRISONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1968
- GORDON ABNER HAWKINSCaptain · June 11, 1968
- KENNETH JEROME HAWKINSSergeant · June 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOSEPH CHASEStaff Sergeant · Panel 58W, Line 23
- PAUL RAYMOND HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 25
- ROY ALAN WINTERSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 30
- GERARD THEODORE WOLTERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 30
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.