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DONALD JAY ROE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 13, 1946 – June 24, 1968
Service recordDonald Jay Roe, of Sherman, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55W · Line 31
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Sherman, Texas (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1968; seven of them were lost in Long An Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55W, Line 31
- PRESTON ROOSEVELT SCOTTLance Corporal · June 24, 1968
- WALTER ALVIN SOUTHER IIICaptain · June 24, 1968
- RICHARD PETER STASIOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
- ARTHUR WAYNE THOMASPrivate First Class · June 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ERNEST WILLIAM GARRETTSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 27
- JOHN ARTHUR LAFFERTYSergeant · Panel 55W, Line 29
- CHARLES C PEDRICK IICorporal · Panel 55W, Line 30
From Sherman
- ARTHUR P WRIGHTCaptain · May 17, 1966
- WAYNE SAMUEL FIELDENSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- BILLY FRANK WATSONSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- JERRY LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- LEONARD LEROY BEVELSSergeant · November 23, 1967
- DANNY LYNN GILSTRAPSecond Lieutenant · February 22, 1968
- DONALD ELLIOT WESTBROOKColonel · March 13, 1968
- ROBERT LOUIS POLKLance Corporal · June 9, 1968
- RONALD GENE PACESpecialist Four · March 30, 1969
- MONTE DALE DYKESPrivate First Class · August 29, 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.