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BRYAN EUGENE GROGAN
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1936 – July 5, 1965
Service recordBryan Eugene Grogan, of Sanford, North Carolina, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 27
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 18, 1936
- Home of record
- Sanford, North Carolina (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1965. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 27
- JAMES CHARLES SHERIFF JRMajor · July 4, 1965
- ALVIN CHESTERLance Corporal · July 5, 1965
- WILLIAM FORBES EISENBRAUNCaptain · July 5, 1965
- WILLIAM ARTHUR OBERGPrivate First Class · July 5, 1965
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DUANE STEPANOVSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 28
From Sanford
- SAMUEL BESSStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- LARRY GENE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT WILSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CURRINLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1967
- LEE ROY TAYLORSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- DONALD RAY PYRANTCorporal · August 24, 1968
- CARL SCOTT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.