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CHARLES THOMAS ROEDER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1940 – October 29, 1968
Service recordCharles Thomas Roeder, of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 29, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 14, 1940
- Home of record
- Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 55
- ROBERTO RAMOSPetty Officer Second Class · October 29, 1968
- JAMES GUINAN SCOTTSpecialist Four · October 29, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL STONESergeant · October 29, 1968
- TERRY LUTHER WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · October 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EARL STONESergeant · Panel 40W, Line 55
- TERRY LUTHER WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 55
From Beaver Falls
- JOHN LEROY STRALEYPrivate First Class · January 18, 1964
- ROBERT HOWARD CARR JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1966
- DAVID CARL LOUTHANLance Corporal · November 29, 1966
- THOMAS RICHARD MARKPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- WILLIAM HOWARD GOEDEKERPrivate First Class · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT CLARENCE HOWARDStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1967
- NICHOLAS SAMUEL VRANKOVICHLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- RONNIE LEE ECKENROADPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- THOMAS WILLIAM STRATHMANNCorporal · June 8, 1969
- JAMES HERBERT WORKMANPrivate First Class · June 30, 1969
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.