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JACK STEVEN GROUF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 27, 1949 – May 7, 1970
Service recordJack Steven Grouf, of East Northport, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 123
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
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 27, 1949
- Home of record
- East Northport, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 123
- RONALD EUGENE FITZGERALDSpecialist Four · May 7, 1970
- LAWRENCE EUGENE FLETCHERFirst Lieutenant · May 7, 1970
- JOSE ALBERTO GONZALEZCorporal · May 7, 1970
- TIMOTHY LEE GREENSergeant · May 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY LEE GREENSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 123
From East Northport
- JOHN RAYMOND NOVOTNYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES HOFFMANCaptain · July 25, 1968
- EDWARD ALBERT FRYER JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1968
- WILLIAM HARRY NOLTEPrivate First Class · November 16, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIEL QUINN IIIPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- RICHARD MICHAEL FORTECorporal · April 27, 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.