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LINUS ROBERT ROE
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 15, 1948 – February 11, 1969
Service recordLinus Robert Roe, of Dos Palos, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 16
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Dos Palos, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1969; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 16
- ROBERT LEE RAMSEY JRPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- GARY ROBERT REEDCaptain · February 11, 1969
- GARY EDWARD REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- MICHAEL WAYNE SCHUMACHERSpecialist Four · February 11, 1969
From Dos Palos
- DEAN NELSON RASCHKESergeant · June 16, 1967
- DILLARD GALE RYEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1968
- RAYMOND WOODROW TEMPLETONSergeant · June 11, 1968
- SHERMAN DALTON MONKPrivate First Class · September 11, 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.