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JOHN BERKLEY ROLLE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 1, 1940 – January 12, 1969
Service recordJohn Berkley Rolle, of Ft Myers, Florida, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 79
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 1, 1940
- Home of record
- Ft Myers, Florida (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1969; ten of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 79
- JAMES THEODORE RUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
- LESTER AL STEPHENSSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- EDWIN FRANKLIN TUBBSPrivate · January 12, 1969
- GABRIEL ZOLDIPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES PATRICK BARRIOSSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 74
- DENNIS BARRY FARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 74
- LARRY GRANT BRADLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 76
- LAWTON ARVIL KEENERPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 77
- CALVIN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 78
- EDWIN FRANKLIN TUBBSPrivate · Panel 35W, Line 79
- GABRIEL ZOLDIPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 79
- TAKESHI YABIKUSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 80
From Ft Myers
- ERNEST M SCHULTZ IIISpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- CHRISTOPHER J DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- ROY DONALD HUTTINGSergeant · September 25, 1966
- GEORGE DANIEL THEISENPrivate First Class · December 13, 1966
- ROBERT FULTON HELVESTONPrivate First Class · February 4, 1967
- THOMAS LEE MCGEEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- WILLIE JAMES MOOREPrivate First Class · June 8, 1967
- CLAYTON MARQUI SPAINHOWERPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CULLIE WILSON BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE WHITTENSergeant · May 8, 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.