GREEN BERETS Grottke, Edwin Reynolds,Jr (Ed/Frog)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Grottke ​

• FORENAME

Edwin Reynolds,Jr (Ed/Frog) ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (Det B-55/ A-503) (5 MSFC) ​

• RANK

Staff Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

334303533 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

14th October 1969 ​

• AGE

31 ​

• GRAVESITE

Cumberland Memorial Gardens,Fayetteville,Cumberland County,North Carolina Grottke Plot ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from North Carolina (France in some accounts)​

born 2.3.1938 Elizabeth,Union County,New Jersey​

grew up Chicago,Illinois​

son of Edwin Reinholdt and Margaret Bertha (nee Hallisey) Grottke​

husband of Michelle B. Grottke,Chicago,Illinois (3 children Patrick,Elizabeth and Patricia)​

12 years service​

former 8 SF Group (HQ) and 7 SF Group​

award Bronze Star with V​

promoted Sergeant First Class posthumously​

KIA 9k north of A-323,Thien Ngon,Tay Ninh Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 17W Line 77 ​

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