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WILLIAM E GROVES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 6, 1946 – November 30, 1967
Service recordWilliam E Groves, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · 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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; 23 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 142 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 12
- GARY LEE GROWLance Corporal · November 30, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM HARTMANSpecialist Four · November 30, 1967
- WILLIAM BRIAN HAYSCorporal · November 30, 1967
- STERLING M JONES JRCorporal · November 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY GENE BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 9
- WHYLEY E JOSHSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 11
- NORMAN F LOEFFLER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 13
- LEON PETER MILLERSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 13
- JACK ROGERSCorporal · Panel 31E, Line 16
- LAWRENCE DAVID SNYDERSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 17
- WILLIAM D WILSONSpecialist Five · Panel 31E, Line 19
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 1965
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.