That did it.  Thanks for pointing out the obvious.
 
For those coming after me.  Create a group with the same name as the user.  Add the posixgroup to that groups Objectclass.  Fill in the gidnumber with the same gid number you used when you created the user.
 
Now it shows up as expected when I list the directory and I get no error on changing to that user.
 
One last question on this topic.  Is there a way to get that show up in the form that you create the group from?  It would be nice not to have to do that for each user group that you create. 
 
That being said I will probably just create a large ldif file will all my user and group information.  Is this the place just to import it set up correctly so that I don't waste my time trying to tweak the form?
 
Thanks again!