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KENNETH ARNOLD GROVE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 2, 1947 – November 4, 1969
Service recordKenneth Arnold Grove, of Gladwin, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 28
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Gladwin, Michigan (Gladwin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 28
- PETER MICHAEL CONNORFirst Lieutenant · November 4, 1969
- CARL LESLIE CROWLEYPrivate · November 4, 1969
- CHARLES PRICE GEISERTChief Petty Officer · November 4, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN GROVERSpecialist Five · November 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ELMER MATTHEW SHIELDSPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 32
From Gladwin
- ROGER ALLEN SIMRAUSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DAVID WALTER STERLINGFirst Lieutenant · January 26, 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.