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JOHN HAROLD ROACH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 27, 1947 – November 28, 1968
Service recordJohn Harold Roach, of Warren, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Warren, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 2
- RUSSELL LAMAR SMITHPrivate First Class · November 28, 1968
- FERDINAND STROYESpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- WALTER STUCKEYSpecialist Four · November 28, 1968
- ANDREW JAMES TOPORCER JRCorporal · November 28, 1968
From Warren
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1965
- ROBERT DONALD LOGUELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- DAVID LEE JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · January 17, 1966
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · March 18, 1966
- BERNARD JAMES RODZENCorporal · May 3, 1966
- ROBERT VIRGIL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- ALBERT C MYERSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- RICHARD MYRON LOMBARDOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SKOVRANPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
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.