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ROBERT LESTER GROF
Major · U.S. Army
July 27, 1938 – April 10, 1971
Service recordRobert Lester Grof, of Lansing, Michigan, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 27, 1938
- Home of record
- Lansing, Michigan (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1971
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 115
- BILLY GENE CHANNELSergeant · April 10, 1971
- ROBERT NATHANIEL FIESLERSergeant · April 10, 1971
- JOHN HOWDEN FRANKSPrivate First Class · April 10, 1971
- GREG NEAL HENDERSONCorporal · April 10, 1971
From Lansing
- JAMES HARRY MCCLAINCaptain · July 28, 1964
- KENNETH EARL WALKERCaptain · October 2, 1964
- LUGENE JACKIE CLARKPrivate · September 27, 1965
- JACK RUSSELL KOONEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- LOUIS EUGENE WALTONSpecialist Five · June 27, 1966
- DANIEL SANDUAL CASTILLOLance Corporal · January 22, 1967
- ARTHUR WRIGHTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- BRIAN LYNN COLBYLance Corporal · February 28, 1967
- GEORGE LEE CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- DARYL EDSON ROLFECaptain · June 12, 1967
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.