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RONALD KEITH GROOMS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 27, 1947 – June 18, 1968
Service recordRonald Keith Grooms, of Plant City, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Plant City, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 22
- CARLETON PHILIP HASTINGSSpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
- JAMES CORNELIUS HEARDLance Corporal · June 18, 1968
- MARCOS HINOJOSASpecialist Four · June 18, 1968
- DONALD ROBERT HOFFMANStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEE ALESHIREPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 16
- BOBBY RAY TRAPPPrivate First Class · Panel 56W, Line 29
From Plant City
- HENRY VAN DEMPSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1966
- DEREX WILLIAMS JRCaptain · August 23, 1967
- WILLIAM EDGAR JERKINSAirman First Class · September 4, 1967
- EMORY STEPHEN CANNONPrivate First Class · January 11, 1968
- CARLOS LARUE KNIGHTSergeant · June 12, 1968
- JAMES ARNOLD LISENBYCorporal · August 13, 1968
- DONNIE EDWARD WATSONCorporal · September 23, 1968
- DAVID T MOORESergeant · January 11, 1969
- ROBERT DALE DIXONStaff Sergeant · June 3, 1969
- ISOM JUNIOR GOODWINECorporal · December 27, 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.