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DARYL ROBERT GROTHAUS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 20, 1949 – July 2, 1970
Service recordDaryl Robert Grothaus, of Crown Point, Indiana, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1970, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 111
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Radar Crewmember (17B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Crown Point, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 111
- STEPHEN JAMES HARBERSergeant · July 2, 1970
- THOMAS HAYDEN HERNDONSergeant · July 2, 1970
- THOMAS THEODORE HEWITTCaptain · July 2, 1970
- LEE NEWLUN LENZSergeant · July 2, 1970
From Crown Point
- ROBERT CARL BRIXPrivate First Class · December 12, 1965
- RONALD A VANSESSENFirst Lieutenant · October 31, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT BLEVINSSpecialist Four · November 5, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT PINTARLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- DAVID MARTIN DLUZAKSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE STAEHLISergeant · April 30, 1968
- GERALD WILLIAM FIEGLEMaster Gunnery Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- THOMAS JOE HOECKELBERGSpecialist Five · December 23, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN ELLSWORTHSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JUNIOR AHARTSpecialist Five · January 9, 1970
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.