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AMEL DOUGLAS ROYALTY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 15, 1942 – April 28, 1968
Service recordAmel Douglas Royalty, of Gifford, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 43
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Gifford, Illinois (Champaign County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 43
- ROBERT SAAVEDRACommander · April 28, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD SANDPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK SHELLEMLance Corporal · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JORDAN BELCHERSpecialist Five · Panel 52E, Line 33
- RICHARD ANTHONY CASSANOCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 35
- WILLIAM HENRY HARFF JRSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 37
- SIDNEY A HOWECorporal · Panel 52E, Line 38
- LEWIS CHARLES NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 41
- ROGER NESTERCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 41
- IVOL MICHEAL YORKSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 45
- WILLIAM E ZIMMERMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 45
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.