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JOEL CLYDE ROPER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 13, 1947 – October 9, 1967
Service recordJoel Clyde Roper, of Marietta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 9, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Marietta, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 9, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 9, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 83
- WILLIAM EDGAR ANDERSON JRSpecialist Four · October 9, 1967
- RONALD S SANDELPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- STEPHEN JAY SMITHPrivate First Class · October 9, 1967
- THOMAS CLIFFORD AUBERTCaptain · October 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JOSEPH BLOTZERPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 79
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 79
- WILLIS WAYNE EMERTONPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 80
- RICHARD RAY IRWIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 80
- DAVID LITTLEHALE FARLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 27E, Line 81
- GREEN LEE HARTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 81
- JIMMY ROSS HOHSTADTPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 81
- ROBERT JAMES LAZAROSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 82
- BERNARD JAMES MEIRNDORFPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 82
- CHARLES EDWARD MOLANOPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 82
- RONALD S SANDELPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 83
- STEPHEN JAY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 83
From Marietta
- WILLIAM BAYLES CAWTHORNESecond Lieutenant · June 30, 1964
- ROY LEE CASTLEBERRYPetty Officer Second Class · May 24, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY MCCOLLUMPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- JOHNNY JUERGEN JUNKINSCorporal · March 8, 1968
- WILLIE EDWARD GLOVERPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- PATRICK HENRY COOK JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE HERRENCorporal · May 27, 1968
- KIRBY LYNN HAMBYSpecialist Four · June 8, 1968
- EUGENE RICHARDSON IIILance Corporal · June 21, 1968
- MELVIN DARRYL RUMSEYPrivate First Class · November 20, 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.