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CHARLES MICHAEL ROACH
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 10, 1946 – June 17, 1967
Service recordCharles Michael Roach, of Harvey, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 6 BN 27 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- December 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Harvey, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A BTRY 6 BN 27 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 1
- MARTIN LOUIS PLOTKINSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- LEROY REEDPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- BENJAMIN F ROBERTSON JRMajor · June 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL LEE MODESITTStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 124
From Harvey
- JAMES RAY GRIFFEYPrivate · January 9, 1966
- STANLEY GEORGE YURGAITISPrivate First Class · March 27, 1966
- JACK RICHARD SUTTONCorporal · January 14, 1967
- JIMMY HORACE GUINNSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- WALTER LEONARD WARDCorporal · June 7, 1967
- NATHANIEL DABONSergeant · October 15, 1967
- THEODORE LEO ZAWISZASpecialist Four · March 18, 1968
- ODIS LEON GOSNELLSergeant · March 21, 1968
- JACK ALBERT PLUCINSKIFirst Lieutenant · September 26, 1968
- STEVEN VICTOR MERSHONSpecialist Four · December 3, 1968
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.