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WAYNE WILLIAM GROSS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 28, 1941 – August 19, 1968
Service recordWayne William Gross, of Carroll, Iowa, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 19, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 54
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 28, 1941
- Home of record
- Carroll, Iowa (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 54
- ROGER THEODORE FASTPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- WILLIE STEPHEN FIELDSSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- ANGELO GIACOBBEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- ROY ARBEN HARBAUGH JRSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
From Carroll
- GERALD LEE FELTNERHospitalman · October 30, 1965
- LAWRENCE RAYMOND HAGEDORNLance Corporal · April 8, 1967
- DONALD LEE SPARKSSergeant First Class · June 17, 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.