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JAMES WILLIE ROY III
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 30, 1947 – January 4, 1968
Service recordJames Willie Roy III, of Oroville, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 41
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Oroville, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 41
- DWIGHT FRANCIS RANDSergeant · January 4, 1968
- NATHANIEL ROBERT ROSESergeant · January 4, 1968
- DAVID LOWELL SIMONStaff Sergeant · January 4, 1968
- DAVID RICHARD SIMONSSergeant · January 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MEREDITH ALTON GABRIELSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 36
- OSCAR HARDISONPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 37
- WAYNE H KELMANCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 38
- RICHARD LYTLE LONGStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 38
- THOMAS MCCRAYCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 39
- DAVID LOWELL SIMONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 41
- EUGENE FREDERICK SWEET JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 42
- ROBERT VALENTI VINSCOTSKISpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 43
- GEORGE MERRITT WISHAM JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 33E, Line 44
From Oroville
- THOMAS CHARLES VANCAMPENPrivate First Class · June 24, 1965
- DALE GLENN SIEVERS JRPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- WILLIAM STEVE ILLMANPrivate First Class · January 2, 1968
- PAUL WESLEY SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1968
- LANNY DEE CUMMINSFirst Lieutenant · May 17, 1968
- JAMES ALLEN BOOTSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM LISSLance Corporal · March 7, 1969
- DAVID B CHRISTIANSONSpecialist Four · March 10, 1969
- BARRY LON UNFRIEDLance Corporal · June 2, 1969
- MICHAEL ELSMERE LUCASPrivate First Class · October 6, 1969
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.