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LAROY FREDERICH ROTH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 21, 1949 – January 7, 1970
Service recordLaroy Frederich Roth, of Wall Lake, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Wall Lake, Iowa (Sac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 9
- ROBERT OCHABCaptain · January 7, 1970
- JOHN DEAN RETSECK JRPrivate First Class · January 7, 1970
- MICHAEL BERNARD ROBINSONCorporal · January 7, 1970
- CRAIG RAY ROGERSSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL WILLIAM LYNESergeant · Panel 14W, Line 8
- CHARLES R WILLARD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 10
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.