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DANIEL THOMAS ROY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 9, 1949 – August 14, 1969
Service recordDaniel Thomas Roy, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 41
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1969; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 41
- EARL WAYNE MCDOWELLSpecialist Four · August 14, 1969
- EDWARD LEE PENNINGTONCaptain · August 14, 1969
- CARL JOSEPH PICHAUFFESpecialist Four · August 14, 1969
- JAY CHARLES SACKSCorporal · August 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CARL JOSEPH PICHAUFFESpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 41
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.