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ALLEN FREDERICK GROTZKE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 5, 1948 – November 15, 1969
Service recordAllen Frederick Grotzke, of Portage, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 79
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Portage, Wisconsin (Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 79
- RALPH EUGENE FLOWERS JRCorporal · November 15, 1969
- ANTONIO MORILLIA FUENTESSpecialist Five · November 15, 1969
- JOHN GEORGE GRAFLieutenant Commander · November 15, 1969
- VICTOR MANUEL GUERREROCorporal · November 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES RAY ALEXPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 78
- WILLIAM DAVID MCGIVERNStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 81
From Portage
- LLOYD STEVEN SMITHFirst Lieutenant · November 10, 1966
- DAVID JOHN WILCOXLance Corporal · November 22, 1968
- JERRY ALLEN NICHOLSSpecialist Five · June 26, 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.