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WADE LAWRENCE GROTH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 14, 1947 – February 12, 1968
Service recordWade Lawrence Groth, of Greenville, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on February 12, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 5
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenville, Michigan (Montcalm County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- February 12, 1968
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 39E, Line 5
- RONALD ALBERT GREENWALDSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- LARRY L HACKLEMANCorporal · February 12, 1968
- WILLIAM AARON HARTERSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RONNIE JOE HOFFMANSpecialist Five · February 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALAN WENDELL GUNNChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 39E, Line 6
From Greenville
- DANNY LEE JONESPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- GERALD STUART WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- GERALD EDWARD KORSONLance Corporal · June 14, 1968
- DENNIS LEE GILESSpecialist Four · September 24, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN ALLENSergeant · February 22, 1969
- DANIEL LESLIE FRIESCorporal · October 19, 1970
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.