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RODGER THOMAS GROSS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1947 – June 28, 1967
Service recordRodger Thomas Gross, of Godfrey, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 77
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Godfrey, Illinois (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1967; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 77
- RONALD EDWARD FIKEStaff Sergeant · June 28, 1967
- HARRY BERNARD FRANK JRSpecialist Four · June 28, 1967
- ROY EUGENE GRANTHAMSpecialist Four · June 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROGER LEE BLAKEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 75
- THOMAS EDWARD BROOMEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 75
- DUANE EARL CAVARZANPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 76
- ARNEL J DAVIS JRSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 76
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 78
- GEOFFREY LAWRENCE HAMFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22E, Line 78
- BOB RAYMOND LAYNEPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 79
- WALTER NORVEL LOCHERPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 79
- GRAHAM NORRIS LOWDON JRCaptain · Panel 22E, Line 79
- DAVID ALLEN MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 79
- JOSEPH DAVID NICHOLS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 80
- JOSE HECTOR ORTIZPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 80
- WALTER PRZYBYLOWICZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 80
- ROBERT DUANE SNYDERSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 81
- DONALD FAYE SPICERStaff Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 81
- KENNETH MICHAEL WRIGHTPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 81
From Godfrey
- RICHARD ALLEN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- LESLIE DAVID NICKELSPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FORREST WOODSSpecialist Four · March 6, 1968
- NOEL HURLEYSpecialist Four · October 25, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT EMBRY JRCorporal · November 6, 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.