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DANIEL LAWRENCE GROVER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 6, 1950 – August 29, 1970
Service recordDaniel Lawrence Grover, of West Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 6, 1950
- Home of record
- West Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 22
- HARRY THOMAS HENTHORNPrivate First Class · August 29, 1970
- CECIL JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · August 29, 1970
- BRIAN EDWARD JAYPrivate First Class · August 29, 1970
- MARK WENDELL MINEARWarrant Officer 1 · August 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID JAMES AMHEISERCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 20
- DONALD BRICE GREENESergeant · Panel 7W, Line 21
From West Springfield
- HENRY HOWARD HERRIN JRSenior Chief Petty Officer · January 1, 1968
- ALAN LOUIS MATTESpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
- RAYMOND GEORGE MASSESpecialist Four · August 15, 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.