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ROGER WAYNE GRUBBS
Seaman · U.S. Navy
November 14, 1945 – September 20, 1968
Service recordRoger Wayne Grubbs, of Lynchburg, Virginia, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 20, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 46
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Born
- November 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Lynchburg, Virginia (Lynchburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 46
- WILLIAM DANIEL EALYPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
- GARRY GEORGE GREENSergeant · September 20, 1968
- JOHN CURTIS HARPERPrivate First Class · September 20, 1968
- FELIPE HERRERALance Corporal · September 20, 1968
From Lynchburg
- KENNETH ARTHUR SHANNONFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HUGHESStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- LARRY FRANCIS WIRTSpecialist Four · April 23, 1966
- HARRY BURKLEY FORBESSpecialist Five · June 29, 1966
- CALVERT JAMES JOHNSONSergeant · November 8, 1966
- STEPHEN FINNEYSpecialist Four · December 28, 1966
- EUGENE DAVID HARVEYPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- RUSSELL KEITH BLATZSpecialist Four · January 8, 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.