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CHARLES EARL GROOMS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 21, 1947 – March 19, 1969
Service recordCharles Earl Grooms JR, of Trotwood, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 78
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- May 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Trotwood, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 78
- LEE THOMAS HAMMANHospitalman · March 19, 1969
- JOHNNIE RAY HANSONCorporal · March 19, 1969
- ROBERT RAY HIGHFILLPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- WARD ELLIOTT HOMERSergeant · March 19, 1969
From Trotwood
- EDISON DENNIS HULLPrivate First Class · October 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.