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JIMMIE LEE GROOMS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 20, 1947 – May 1, 1968
Service recordJimmie Lee Grooms, of Hopkins, South Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Hopkins, South Carolina (Richland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1968
- 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
85 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1968; 40 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 30
- HERALD LEE DELANEYPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- HERMAN BORJA DELEONPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ENGELSENPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1968
- DONALD RAY EVANSSergeant · May 1, 1968
From Hopkins
- WILLIAM BURTON JRSergeant · March 1, 1967
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.