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ROBERT ROXBURGH GROOM
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 9, 1947 – November 11, 1967
Service recordRobert Roxburgh Groom, of Rockville, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 72
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Rockville, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 72
- JOHN PAUL FALCONE JRCaptain · November 11, 1967
- GEORGE BRUCE GUNNPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- EDWARD BENJAMIN HARPERStaff Sergeant · November 11, 1967
- ROBERT EMMETT HAYNESSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ELZA MORTON BREWER JRSergeant · Panel 29E, Line 70
- JOHN WALTER HILL IIISergeant · Panel 29E, Line 73
- CARL JAMERSON MCHANEYCorporal · Panel 29E, Line 75
From Rockville
- FRANCES F NOVELLOSergeant · September 3, 1965
- GERALD LEE CROSBYPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- STEVE WESTLEL HARRISPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- TOMMY EUGENE DICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- AUSTIN RICHARD VONKLEISTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1967
- ROBERT DAVID MASONSeaman · December 21, 1967
- JAMES BUCKNER HALLCorporal · January 4, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM ABERNATHYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
- BALFOUR OLIVER LYTTON JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN MENTZER JRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
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.