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MARTIN WAYNE GRONBORG JR
Captain · U.S. Army
December 14, 1945 – September 4, 1971
Service recordMartin Wayne Gronborg JR, of Omaha, Nebraska, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · 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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Omaha, Nebraska (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 10
- ROBERT EARL WOODSPrivate First Class · September 3, 1971
- JOHN HENRY BATTLEPrivate First Class · September 4, 1971
- BERNARD GUY J DILLENSEGERPrivate First Class · September 4, 1971
- EDWARD LAWRENCE HARRISSpecialist Four · September 4, 1971
- JAMES PAUL PETTIEGREWSpecialist Four · September 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD GUY J DILLENSEGERPrivate First Class · Panel 2W, Line 10
From Omaha
- WAYNE ELLSWORTH MARCHANDStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1962
- GERALD CHARLES GRIFFINLieutenant · October 6, 1962
- PAUL RICHARD SMITHFirst Lieutenant · July 6, 1963
- HAROLD WILLIAM SHRADERStaff Sergeant · August 9, 1965
- WILLIAM DENNIS PINEGARPrivate First Class · October 6, 1965
- RICHARD RAY BIGLEYLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- RONALD LEE GERRYPrivate First Class · January 5, 1966
- ALLEN CHARLES BAILEYLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- MACK ROYAL SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- RICHARD THOMAS PERRINCaptain · June 27, 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.