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JAMES NORMAN ROYAL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 19, 1947 – November 30, 1969
Service recordJames Norman Royal, of Miami, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 11
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Central Office Switchboard Operator (72C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 11
- DEAN RICHARD SHILLINGLance Corporal · November 30, 1969
- DENNIS SMITH JRCaptain · November 30, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE VANDERGRIFFSergeant · November 30, 1969
- RICHARD OGDEN WOLFEPetty Officer First Class · November 30, 1969
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.