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STEPHEN RUSSELL GROSS
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
September 25, 1949 – June 6, 1969
Service recordStephen Russell Gross, of Savannah, Georgia, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 6, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 87
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Savannah, Georgia (Chatham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 87
- TEDDY MERLIN HODGES JRPrivate First Class · June 6, 1969
- RALPH HONAKERSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
- JOHN DEOGRACIAS INGUILLOStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1969
- TERRY LEE JENKINSSpecialist Four · June 6, 1969
From Savannah
- WILLIAM FREW TRAIN IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 16, 1962
- HENRY STERLING MCWHORTERLieutenant · August 29, 1965
- JERRY JIVENSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- JAMES MAYNARD SPENCESpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- BARNETTE GARTRELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · March 2, 1966
- HARLOW GARY CLARK JRLieutenant Colonel · March 7, 1966
- JOHN EDWARD CAIL JRSpecialist Four · May 9, 1966
- WILLMATT BROWNPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- ERNEST MAXWELL SHUMAN JRSpecialist Five · August 1, 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.