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ROBERT WOODROW GROVE
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 1, 1917 – February 18, 1965
Service recordRobert Woodrow Grove, of Casper, Wyoming, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 18, 1965, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 92
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- March 1, 1917
- Home of record
- Casper, Wyoming (Natrona County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1965
- Age
- 47
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1965; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In February 1965, 54 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 92
- LAVON STEPHEN WILSONSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- FLOYD WYNNPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- NORMAN RAY GARRETTPrivate · February 15, 1965
From Casper
- CARLTON JAKE HOLLANDCaptain · February 9, 1965
- DOUGLAS TYRONE PATRICKPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- JERRY DUANE BYERSSpecialist Four · March 1, 1967
- WALTER ELMER HANDYPrivate First Class · March 13, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE REBERGSergeant · April 21, 1968
- VERNON WALTER NIX IIIStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1968
- RICHARD LEROY ENDICOTTCaptain · April 30, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE BARNESSpecialist Four · June 7, 1968
- RICHARD JOHN SWEENEYSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- LEROY ROBERT CARDENASPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
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.