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JAMES CURTISS ROLAND
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1949 – March 13, 1970
Service recordJames Curtiss Roland, of Atlanta, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 124
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Atlanta, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1970; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 124
- PAUL WARREN ROSESergeant · March 13, 1970
- ALLAN RUTTIMANNSergeant · March 13, 1970
- EUGENE EDWARD SPOONERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1970
- CHARLES KENNETH TRUESDALESpecialist Five · March 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DON KNIPPELStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 122
From Atlanta
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- JAMES ANTHONY COYAirman First Class · June 11, 1965
- JAMES THARPE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1965
- WESLIE DAVID MEWBORNPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DOUGLAS HORACE LEACHSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- RONNIE THOMAS MATHISSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GEORGE S MCHELLONSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES CARL WISE JRMajor · December 23, 1965
- CLIFFORD THOMAS JOHNSONPrivate · January 29, 1966
- HARVEY LEWIS BOWEN JRPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
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.