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EDWIN REYNOLDS GROTTKE JR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1938 – October 14, 1969
Service recordEdwin Reynolds Grottke JR served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 2, 1938
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 77
- HENRY MOUZON GNANNFirst Lieutenant · October 14, 1969
- LANNY MAYES HAMBYSpecialist Four · October 14, 1969
- JERRELL RAY JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD KUCZYNSKICaptain · October 14, 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.