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DAVID PAUL ROY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 4, 1950 – April 4, 1970
Service recordDavid Paul Roy, of Pampa, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1970, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 93
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Watercraft Operator (61B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Pampa, Texas (Gray County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1970; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 93
- JAMES ANTHONY GRAYCaptain · April 4, 1970
- RUSSELL LEO KLEINMaster Sergeant · April 4, 1970
- LEONARD ERIC NYBERGLance Corporal · April 4, 1970
- SAMUEL LOUIS ROBERSONPrivate First Class · April 4, 1970
From Pampa
- JUDSON ARTHUR WELLS JRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- ROBERT DALE PULLENSergeant · January 6, 1968
- RICKEY JOE MARSONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- NORMAN GLENN GAGEChief Petty Officer · February 23, 1970
- JAMES HENRY AYRESLieutenant Colonel · January 3, 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.