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DAVID LIVINGSTONE GROVES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 17, 1946 – March 17, 1968
Service recordDavid Livingstone Groves, of Dupont City, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45E · Line 11
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- October 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Dupont City, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45E, Line 11
- RICHARD JAMES GROOMSSpecialist Four · March 17, 1968
- JOHN JAMES HARRISCorporal · March 17, 1968
- LEON HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- THOMAS TRUETT HENSLEYMajor · March 17, 1968
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.