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GERALD RAYMOND ROY
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 12, 1948 – August 29, 1968
Service recordGerald Raymond Roy, of Massena, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 1
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Massena, New York (St Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 1
- FLORENTINO RANGELSpecialist Four · August 29, 1968
- JAMES DANIEL RAYNORPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- RAYMOND PATRICK REILLYLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- EDWARD LEON SANDERSLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
From Massena
- RONALD HUBERT SOUTHWORTHCorporal · March 31, 1967
- HAROLD JAMES ANABLESeaman Recruit · April 19, 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.