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MURIEL STANLEY GROOMES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 11, 1948 – November 2, 1968
Service recordMuriel Stanley Groomes, of Hampstead, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 2, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 8
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
- September 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Hampstead, Maryland (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 8
- ROBERT GEORGE HUFSCHMIDMajor · November 2, 1968
- DARRELL STEVE LOVECorporal · November 2, 1968
- WILLIAM DANIELS MEARA JRCaptain · November 2, 1968
- JAMES IRWIN SCHLINGERWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 1968
From Hampstead
- DAVID NAYLOR STEGERLance Corporal · December 22, 1970
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.