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VICTOR MAHLON GROSS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 30, 1946 – October 7, 1967
Service recordVictor Mahlon Gross, of Camden, New Jersey, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Camden, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1967; four of them were lost in Long An Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 64
- ALDWIN ARDEAN ELLIS JRCorporal · October 7, 1967
- HUGH ROBERT FLEMISTERPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- WAYNE EUGENE FULLAMLieutenant Colonel · October 7, 1967
- MICHAEL GRIMESCorporal · October 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EARL DEAN AUWARTERSergeant First Class · Panel 27E, Line 63
- JOHN EDWARD MADIGAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 65
- JAMES LARRY LAWRENCECorporal · Panel 27E, Line 66
From Camden
- SIDNEY COHENStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- GEORGE JOSEPH STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM NICKERSONSpecialist Four · December 21, 1965
- WARREN WALTER PFEFFERLEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- EDWARD STEVEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- JOSEPH EVERETT PACKER JRAirman Second Class · June 16, 1966
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JAMES XAVIER GILCHPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- JOHN DAVID SMITHSergeant · August 11, 1966
- GEORGE WILLIAM MILLERPrivate First Class · September 19, 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.