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DANA HYLAND ROESNER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 31, 1948 – March 2, 1968
Service recordDana Hyland Roesner, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 40
- TODD ARTHUR HANDYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- GEORGE FRANCIS ROBILOTTOPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RICHARD ROMEROSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- RONALD LANDON SALVANIPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY JOSEPH BREUERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 28
- JUNIUS COLUMBUS COLLIERSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 29
- TONY SYLVESTER OLIVERSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 38
- RONALD JOSEPH STILLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 42E, Line 42
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.