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ELWOOD JOHN ROEHL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 12, 1947 – September 23, 1969
Service recordElwood John Roehl, of Janesville, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 23, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 129
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Executive Administrative Assistant (71C)
- Born
- November 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Janesville, Wisconsin (Rock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date September 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 129
- STEPHEN JOHN CHANEYCaptain · September 23, 1969
- SHERBERT LEON COXSergeant First Class · September 23, 1969
- GALEN EARL HAYNIEPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN KNECHTGESPrivate First Class · September 23, 1969
From Janesville
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN MCCARTNEYSergeant · April 15, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES AGIUSLance Corporal · April 17, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WIXSONPrivate First Class · May 16, 1967
- JOHN MCFARLAND KESSINGERMajor · July 2, 1967
- JOHN JUNIOR FIEDLERPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- DONALD WILLIAM DOWNINGLieutenant Colonel · September 5, 1967
- DAVID LEE DROUGHTSergeant · December 31, 1967
- HARRY WARREN SCHNEIDERCorporal · February 16, 1968
- TIMOTHY CHARLES AGARDSpecialist Four · February 19, 1968
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.