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GEORGE EDWARD ROYE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 31, 1925 – November 10, 1970
Service recordGeorge Edward Roye, of Petersburg, Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 10, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 45. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 50
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 31, 1925
- Home of record
- Petersburg, Virginia (Petersburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 10, 1970
- Age
- 45
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 50
- CHARLES VENTON MCGOVERNStaff Sergeant · November 10, 1970
- FRANCIS XAVIER BUNKSpecialist Four · November 11, 1970
- RONALD EDWARD GARLANDPrivate First Class · November 11, 1970
- CURTIS RICHARDSpecialist Five · November 11, 1970
From Petersburg
- CALVIN L CHEIVESSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- JAMES AARON DICKENSSergeant · February 8, 1967
- THOMAS RALPH WELLSPrivate First Class · August 22, 1968
- BILLY RANDOLPH JEFFERSONCorporal · October 7, 1968
- THOMAS WAYNE WARRENPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH BACH IIICaptain · April 20, 1969
- CALVIN EDWARD COOKECorporal · May 22, 1969
- WILLIE HOOPER JRSpecialist Four · September 2, 1970
- ROBERT LEE PULLIAMStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1971
- CHRISTOPHER GEO MORBITZERCaptain · August 19, 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.