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THEODORE GRONOWSKI JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 8, 1946 – July 21, 1966
Service recordTheodore Gronowski JR, of Taylor, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 21, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- October 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Taylor, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 52
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- RICHARD DENZIL GILL JRSpecialist Four · July 21, 1966
- DENNIS LEROY HARMONPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- SAMUEL GARY HARRISPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
From Taylor
- JOSE JULIO BOYLESSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL MEYERLieutenant Colonel · April 26, 1967
- BURTON IRVING SHARPSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH PETERSENSpecialist Four · June 1, 1967
- DONALD DAVID WIELKOPOLANSpecialist Four · January 18, 1968
- JAMES ELTON FISHERPrivate First Class · March 20, 1968
- JAMES ESTILL TANKERSLEYSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- THOMAS RUSSELL COLLINS JRSpecialist Four · July 6, 1969
- LARRY MICHEAL ROBINSONSpecialist Four · August 13, 1969
- ALLEN JAMES LAMSSpecialist Four · December 27, 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.