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RONALD LEE GROVES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 18, 1948 – February 11, 1969
Service recordRonald Lee Groves, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 12
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; five of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 100 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 12
- DANNY JOE DODDCorporal · February 11, 1969
- JOEL LYNN GABRIELCorporal · February 11, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID GOUGER JRSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
- ROBERT THEODORE HAMILTONSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANNY JOE DODDCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 12
- JOEL LYNN GABRIELCorporal · Panel 32W, Line 12
- ROBERT BRUCE MADDOXFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32W, Line 13
- RUSSELL DAN WOOLLARDSergeant · Panel 32W, Line 17
- KIRK ALLEN WOOLLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 32W, Line 18
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
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.