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FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES II
Captain · U.S. Air Force
August 29, 1933 – February 2, 1962
Service recordFergus Coleman Groves II, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on February 2, 1962, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 5
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 29, 1933
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1962
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1962; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1962, 12 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 5
- FRED MARTIN STEUERSpecialist Six · January 13, 1962
- THEODORE JAMES BERLETTSergeant · January 28, 1962
- MILO BRUCE COGHILLStaff Sergeant · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT DARREL LARSONCaptain · February 2, 1962
From Louisville
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- JERALD RILEY TOWATERPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
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.