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JAMES COMPTON GROOVER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 21, 1948 – December 16, 1967
Service recordJames Compton Groover, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1967; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 10
- JAMES YBARRA HIDALGOSpecialist Five · December 16, 1967
- VIRGIL LEMAR HITERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- JAMES CURTIS HOUGHTONSpecialist Four · December 16, 1967
- FATHIES KELLY JRPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FATHIES KELLY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 10
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 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.