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HEINZ KURT ROESCH
Captain · U.S. Army
February 1, 1940 – September 14, 1971
Service recordHeinz Kurt Roesch, of Troy, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 14, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 1, 1940
- Home of record
- Troy, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 14, 1971
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date September 14, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2W, Line 16
- ROYSE WAYNE REHWALDSpecialist Four · September 13, 1971
- DON RILEY GILBRETHMaster Sergeant · September 14, 1971
- STANLEY RUFUS RHODESPrivate First Class · September 14, 1971
- DIETER JAMES FISERSpecialist Four · September 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DON RILEY GILBRETHMaster Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 16
From Troy
- JAMES JOSEPH MASOTTICaptain · May 28, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS DINGWALLMaster Gunnery Sergeant · July 8, 1965
- ROBERT CHARLES FELTERPrivate First Class · December 11, 1965
- BERNARD JOSEPH WAITStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- DONALD JASON EGAN JRFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS MILOSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- ROBERT MARTIN DWYERLance Corporal · May 23, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM HAWTHORNELieutenant Colonel · September 12, 1967
- STEPHEN CLARK BARRETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 25, 1968
- GLENN ROY BRUSTSpecialist Four · January 30, 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.