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ROBERT LEE GROOMS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 5, 1947 – September 12, 1971
Service recordRobert Lee Grooms, of Grove City, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Unit Officer, Non-Tactical (2136)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Grove City, Ohio (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In September 1971, 127 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 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 14
- JOE COOPERSergeant · September 11, 1971
- MICHAEL JOHN KILDUFFSpecialist Four · September 11, 1971
- ALEJANDRO MAKINTAYAChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 11, 1971
- ALFRED JOSEPH TUTTLESpecialist Four · September 11, 1971
From Grove City
- RICHARD LAKE HOLYCROSSChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 10, 1967
- TERRY EMERSON WEBBCorporal · March 13, 1968
- GREGORY JOSEPH ASBECKPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 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.