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WILLIAM DAVID GROOMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 27, 1948 – June 16, 1968
Service recordWilliam David Grooms, of Xenia, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56W · Line 3
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Xenia, Ohio (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56W, Line 3
- DAVID WILLIAM GASKINLance Corporal · June 16, 1968
- CHARLES MITCHELL HANNAHCorporal · June 16, 1968
- PATRICK KEITH HANNONPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- CLARK LEE HENSON JRSergeant · June 16, 1968
From Xenia
- DENNIS LEE KEYERPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1966
- JOSEPH C SAMPSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 27, 1966
- DAVID ALAN DYECorporal · May 12, 1967
- MICHAEL L MANGANPrivate First Class · June 26, 1967
- WILLIAM GRIGABY PHILLIPSSergeant · August 3, 1967
- TODD ARTHUR HANDYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL SANFORD JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- EDWIN GRANT NEWELLSergeant · May 19, 1968
- ERNEST EUGENE RITCHChief Petty Officer · January 21, 1969
- DAVEY ALAN LIEURANCECorporal · September 15, 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.