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JOHN PAUL ROLAND
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 19, 1944 – August 24, 1965
Service recordJohn Paul Roland, of Austin, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 24, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 124
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Freight Operations Clerk (3111)
- Born
- April 19, 1944
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Incident
- Airplane Crash Hong Kong To Danang Vs
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1965. In August 1965, 179 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in South Vietnam while Operation Starlite was under way. Operation Starlite (18–24 August 1965), on the Van Tuong peninsula south of Chu Lai, was the first regimental-size U.S. ground battle of the war. Marines attacked the 1st Viet Cong Regiment by helicopter, amphibious landing and on foot. The record gives the date and branch of service but not the exact place.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 124
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- STANLEY L SAPPCaptain · December 4, 1965
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- LUZ VIEGRASpecialist Four · December 4, 1965
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
- WILLIE EARL BUNTEPrivate First Class · September 5, 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.