Victor Gross was born in New Jersey on August 30, 1946 and was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Camden, New Jersey.  He entered Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania as a member of the class of 1968.

Second Lieutenant Gross was posted as missing on October 7, 1968 in Long An Province on his first night combat mission as an infantry unit commander.  He was later recorded as died while missing due to hostile action.  He had been in South Vietnam less than three weeks.