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ROBERT JOHN GROTHAUS II
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 23, 1947 – May 14, 1968
Service recordRobert John Grothaus II, of Prairie Village, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60E · Line 11
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Prairie Village, Kansas (Johnson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1968; five of them were lost in Long An Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 60E, Line 11
- RONALD THOMAS DOGGETTPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM FOUSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH GUERREROSergeant · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT RALPH HAMMERPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VESA JUHANI ALAKULPPICaptain · Panel 60E, Line 7
- FRANCIS EUGENE JORDANPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 12
- JAMES JOSEPH KLINESpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 13
- ROBERT DENNIS MURPHYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 15
- JAMES ROBERT RINGELSpecialist Four · Panel 60E, Line 16
- JAMES FRED TURNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 17
- WILLIAM HENRY ZEIGLERPrivate First Class · Panel 60E, Line 17
From Prairie Village
- JAMES MALCOLM ARBUTHNOTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- FREDERICK E HUTTIE IIIStaff Sergeant · August 15, 1970
- RANDY DAVID RAYPrivate First Class · December 5, 1970
- GARY LESLIE SHANKLieutenant · July 23, 1972
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.