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HERBERT WALLACE ROLEY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 12, 1948 – July 8, 1968
Service recordHerbert Wallace Roley, of Lakeside, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 12, 1948
- Home of record
- Lakeside, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 1
- HENRY FLOYD NUGENT JRSergeant First Class · July 8, 1968
- LOUIS FABIAN PERALEZSergeant · July 8, 1968
- ROLAND MIKE SHEREDOSSpecialist Four · July 8, 1968
- DOUGLAS SOWARDSergeant · July 8, 1968
From Lakeside
- NELSON F PULSIFER JRPrivate First Class · November 14, 1966
- RICHARD ERNEST WELCHPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- ROY LEE ESTRADASergeant · March 18, 1968
- DONALD GENE JACKSONLance Corporal · April 23, 1968
- TERRIL WAYDE SNELSONPrivate First Class · December 8, 1969
- LARRY ANTHONY SALMONCorporal · June 4, 1970
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.