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 'SUPER-SOLDIER'
--- "Super-grade, super-stripes, and super solider" is the success story
of M/Sgt Darius Grogg at Ft. McClellan. With no distinguishing
rank insignia for the new super-grades, Mrs. Grogg and Company commander
1st Lt Joseph Stone decided to give newly-appointed M/Sgt Grogg
stripes truly benefitting his new rank. Perhaps the youngest E-8
to attain the new grade, the 33-year old soldier, first sergeant of the
69th Chemical Company, was cited for his superior efficiency.
[The Anniston Star, Anniston AL, 12 December 1958,
Page 28]
 The
Anniston Star, Anniston AL reported that Sgt Major Grogg had served with
the 508th in Germany.
[The Anniston Star, Anniston AL, 14 September
1961, Page 18] |
 Death
Certificate
for Darius Grogg states that he succumbed to an Acute Myocardial
Infarction (heart attack) in the Womack Army Hospital, ft Bragg, NC on 5
March 1971. He was just 44 years old at the time.
Grave marker for Darius D.
Grogg in Section 7C of Sharon Memorial Park Charlotte (Mecklenburg
county), North Carolina.
Darius enlisted in the
Army at Ft Bragg, NC ca 1942 and re-enlisted as a Pfc on 2 November
1945.
He served as a Sergeant
Major before being commissioned, retiring as a Major.
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