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KEVIN DOUGLAS GROGAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 28, 1950 – April 20, 1971
Service recordKevin Douglas Grogan, of Stanfield, Oregon, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 136
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Stanfield, Oregon (Umatilla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1971; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 136
- JOSEPH LINDSEY HALLCorporal · April 20, 1971
- SCOTT WINFIELD JONESSergeant · April 20, 1971
- JOHN THOMAS WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · April 20, 1971
- CHARLES RICHARD LABOUNTYPrivate First Class · April 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- SCOTT WINFIELD JONESSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 136
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.