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ALAN DAVIS GROOM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 7, 1946 – October 11, 1969
Service recordAlan Davis Groom, of Midland, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 66
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Midland, Michigan (Midland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 66
- RONALD LAMAR CANNONSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- LARRY EDWIN CROWSergeant · October 11, 1969
- DOMINGO YABBARA GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
- JOHN HOOPER V HATHAWAYCaptain · October 11, 1969
From Midland
- JAMES LEE TEWKSBURYPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- RONALD LEE LYVEREPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- DENNIS DWAYNE SKUTTLance Corporal · July 11, 1967
- WILLIAM GEORGE KEYESSpecialist Four · April 24, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL KUCHEKSpecialist Four · May 14, 1968
- STEVEN DALE RUGARPrivate First Class · May 15, 1968
- LARRY LEE COSTLEYSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- VERN ERNEST ROOTPrivate First Class · March 14, 1969
- RALPH LOUIS CUTLERSergeant · April 25, 1969
- GARY WILLIAM PLANTEPrivate First Class · May 16, 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.