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LARUS WAYNE ROLAND
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 2, 1941 – November 14, 1967
Service recordLarus Wayne Roland, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 97
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 170 AVN CO 52 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Kon Tum Province while the Battle of Đắk Tô was under way. Around Đắk Tô in the Central Highlands (3–23 November 1967), the 4th Infantry Division and the 173rd Airborne Brigade fought North Vietnamese regiments for the hills along the border, ending with the assault on Hill 875 on Thanksgiving Day. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 97
- RUSSELL FRANK MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · November 14, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN NELSONHospitalman · November 14, 1967
- RONALD JOSEPH PHELPSCorporal · November 14, 1967
- JOHN CHARLES RUBINSMajor · November 14, 1967
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 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.