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JOSEPH EARL ROHLINGER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 2, 1949 – November 1, 1970
Service recordJoseph Earl Rohlinger, of Fairfax, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Fairfax, Virginia (Fairfax (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 33
- PAUL SIRIANNI JRPrivate First Class · October 31, 1970
- WALTER LAWRENCE MAURERSergeant · November 1, 1970
- ERHARD JIMMIE ADAMSSergeant · November 2, 1970
- GREGORY WAYNE AULTMANSpecialist Four · November 2, 1970
From Fairfax
- ROBERT READE THRUSTON IIIWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1964
- MICHAEL ARLIN BALZERSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FEAGANCorporal · December 21, 1967
- WARREN TAYLOR WHITMIRE JRChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 1, 1968
- PATRICK AUGUSTINE MCKENNAPetty Officer Second Class · July 15, 1968
- PHILIP JEFFREY TAFTPrivate First Class · October 9, 1968
- JON MACGILLIVRAY RUMBLELance Corporal · December 26, 1968
- MARTIN L GREEN JRCaptain · May 11, 1969
- BRUCE CARLTON BESSORCaptain · May 13, 1969
- LESLIE LEWIS SHELTONLance Corporal · December 28, 1969
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.