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RICHARD ANTHONY GROOVER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 14, 1942 – March 20, 1966
Service recordRichard Anthony Groover, of Warrington, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 20, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- December 14, 1942
- Home of record
- Warrington, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1966; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “B CO 1 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 25
- ARTHUR JAMES BEACHCaptain · March 20, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- GEORGE HITZELBERGERLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- TOMMIE LOUIS MCFARLANDPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EUGENE CANNONCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 24
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 25
From Warrington
- ROBERT CLARENCE FROSIOCommander · November 12, 1966
- KENNETH PAGE SARGENTPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- RUSSELL RALPH COSTELLOChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 4, 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.