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WAYNE DOUGLAS GROAT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 17, 1948 – February 2, 1969
Service recordWayne Douglas Groat, of Port Huron, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 39
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 17, 1948
- Home of record
- Port Huron, Michigan (St Clair County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 119 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 39
- JAMES GAINES JRPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- CLIFFORD MCCARTH GARDELLPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- CHARLES J GIBILTERRA JRSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- LAWRENCE FREDERICK GREERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALAN RYAN RAMSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 36
- RELL CRIGGER JRCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 37
- JAMES TERRANCE FEENEYSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 38
- ASA MARTIN JRPrivate · Panel 33W, Line 41
- ARTHUR ALLEN CALLISTERCorporal · Panel 33W, Line 42
- CLARENCE LEE MCKINNONPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 42
From Port Huron
- DONALD LEE NELSONSpecialist Five · May 5, 1964
- KENNETH DALE MIDDLETONSpecialist Four · February 28, 1966
- JOHN J BAILEYPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK ANTHONYCorporal · February 1, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD PERRYLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER JAMES OLEKSASpecialist Four · May 11, 1967
- JACK EDWIN TELLINGPrivate First Class · September 4, 1967
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · October 27, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES GROATPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOHN LEE KOEBKESpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
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.