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JOHNNY FRANKLIN ROACH
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
October 12, 1949 – March 5, 1970
Service recordJohnny Franklin Roach, of Friendswood, Texas, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 5, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 86
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. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Constructionman (CN)
- Born
- October 12, 1949
- Home of record
- Friendswood, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 86
- ELMER REID PERRYSergeant · March 5, 1970
- DENNIS HARLEN RILEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1970
- ROBERT PAGE ROSENBACHMajor · March 5, 1970
- DONALD CLAUDE TAYLORCorporal · March 5, 1970
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.