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CHARLES SULLIVAN ROY
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
November 25, 1943 – July 23, 1968
Service recordCharles Sullivan Roy, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 23, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 44
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 11 ASLT DIV 11
- Born
- November 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Rock Springs, Wyoming (Sweetwater County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 44
- JOSE ALBERTO ORTIZ-BURGOSCorporal · July 23, 1968
- DONALD WILLIAM SEIDELSpecialist Five · July 23, 1968
- FRANK JOSEPH SHAREK JRLance Corporal · July 23, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 23, 1968
From Rock Springs
- STEPHEN WILLIAM STARKPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1968
- CANDELARIO PATRICK BUSTOSLance Corporal · May 10, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE ROMEROSpecialist Four · December 3, 1969
- DONALD WARREN CHIPP JRSergeant · November 12, 1970
- JOHN ANTHONY CUKALE JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1971
- EMIL MAX MILTNOVICHCorporal · September 25, 1971
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.