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GARY DOYLE ROERINK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 26, 1947 – November 23, 1967
Service recordGary Doyle Roerink, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 73
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1967; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 212 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 30E, Line 73
- JOHN CHARLES HUGHESSpecialist Four · November 23, 1967
- DOUGLAS EUGENE ROGERSPrivate First Class · November 23, 1967
- LLOYD CHISOLM RUNNELS JRSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1967
- GERRY GLEN SIMPSONCorporal · November 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LLOYD CATESMaster Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 69
- LE ROY EDWARD FLADRYSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 70
- ALAN JOHN IMPELITHEREPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 70
- RICHARD NELSON KIMBALL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 70
- PETER J LANTZFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 71
- RICHARD FLOYD MASONPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 72
- JAMES R WORRELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 75
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 1967
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.