The Wall › Panel 33W › New Jersey › Thomas Roy Grover
THOMAS ROY GROVER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 22, 1946 – February 2, 1969
Service recordThomas Roy Grover, of Trenton, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 40
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Trenton, New Jersey (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 40
- LINCOLN HARDYPrivate · February 2, 1969
- DAVID FRANKLIN HEISERCorporal · February 2, 1969
- DOUGLAS ELMER HOFFMANSergeant · February 2, 1969
- HOMER WARREN HOLLISTERCorporal · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY EUGENE BOYERCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 36
- WILLIAM HERMAN DENNEY JRCaptain · Panel 33W, Line 37
- CLIFFORD MCCARTH GARDELLPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 39
- LINCOLN HARDYPrivate · Panel 33W, Line 40
- DAVID FRANKLIN HEISERCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 40
- CHARLES EDWARD INLOWPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 41
- GEORGE EMMETT JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 41
- THOMAS TRAMMEL STAPLES IIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 33W, Line 45
From Trenton
- LEON JOSEPH KRAMERCaptain · January 31, 1963
- CARL ROBERT STEFFENPrivate First Class · December 25, 1965
- DENNIS JAMES BROPHYPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- CLIFFORD RUSSELL STOUTPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHN DONALD OSSMENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1967
- WILLIE DOWLING JRSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- ERWIN JOHN HAARWALDTPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN SZYMANSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 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.