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CHARLES BENNETT ROLLER JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 28, 1948 – November 6, 1969
Service recordCharles Bennett Roller JR, of Houston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 40
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- July 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 40
- JOSE CASTANEDA CARRILLOPrivate First Class · November 6, 1969
- THOMAS ANDREW PUTMANPrivate · November 6, 1969
- WILLIAM COTTER RAYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1969
- LARRY WAYNE ROBISONSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LESLIE DOWNINGSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 38
- RAYMOND A SHOEMAKER IISergeant · Panel 16W, Line 41
- HENRY JOSEPH VADChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 16W, Line 41
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 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.