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DENNIS ARTHUR GROTH
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 21, 1947 – October 19, 1968
Service recordDennis Arthur Groth, of South St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 3
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 MED DET USARV
- Born
- January 21, 1947
- Home of record
- South St Paul, Minnesota (Dakota County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1968; four of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “82 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 3
- PERRY WITT GRIFFITHSergeant · October 19, 1968
- JOHN MARTIN HORTON JRSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
- JOHNNY L JOHNSONPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- DERRELL WALTER JOYCEStaff Sergeant · October 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE COTTMANCaptain · Panel 40W, Line 2
- STEPHEN JOHN SALUGA IIISpecialist Five · Panel 40W, Line 5
From South St Paul
- ROBERT J MARIZFirst Lieutenant · January 30, 1968
- PHILIP GENE DESLAURIERSLance Corporal · August 9, 1969
- KEITH ALLEN CHRISTOPHERSENLieutenant (junior grade) · January 21, 1973
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.