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RONALD HOWARD GROFF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1946 – June 25, 1967
Service recordRonald Howard Groff, of Christiana, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 61
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Christiana, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1967; five of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 61
- LUIS FELIPE CORREACorporal · June 25, 1967
- WILLIAM KIRBY GARDELLACorporal · June 25, 1967
- HUBERT ELTON GORDONSpecialist Four · June 25, 1967
- WAYNE VICTOR GORDONSergeant · June 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ANDREW JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 22E, Line 62
- OREN KENNETH MILLERSergeant · Panel 22E, Line 62
- JOHNNY CRUZ QUENGAPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 22E, Line 63
- OTTIS REEDPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 63
- RAYMOND DALE RHAMYPrivate First Class · Panel 22E, Line 63
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.