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CHARLES WILLIAM ROOTH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 15, 1937 – June 10, 1966
Service recordCharles William Rooth, of Oakland, Nebraska, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 15, 1937
- Home of record
- Oakland, Nebraska (Burt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1966
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 31
- DAN BRUEN PACKARDCaptain · June 10, 1966
- JOHNNIE PAUL SAWYERCaptain · June 10, 1966
- PAUL FRANCIS SHOGANPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
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.