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THOMAS NEIL GROSE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 16, 1948 – February 25, 1969
Service recordThomas Neil Grose, of Helena, Montana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 44
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Helena, Montana (Lewis And Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 44
- KEITH CHARLES BUCKINGHAMSpecialist Four · February 25, 1969
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BURNSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS CALANDRINOSergeant · February 25, 1969
- FRANCIS WARREN CODYSpecialist Four · February 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FRANKLIN DELANO BRYANCaptain · Panel 31W, Line 48
From Helena
- JOHN ROBERT URBANWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1965
- JACK ISHUM DEMPSEYPetty Officer Second Class · June 17, 1966
- DAVID JAY ALLINSONColonel · August 12, 1966
- BRUCE BURTON BACKEBERGPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- JAMES LEO DARCYWarrant Officer 1 · April 6, 1967
- EDWARD ROY FRANK SRLieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT VIRTUS TILLOTSONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- GEORGE ROLAN ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1968
- JON RAY SUMMERSGunnery Sergeant · May 20, 1969
- RICHARD HURRELL STUBEFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1970
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.