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LYLE ERVIN ROHLFSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 10, 1946 – June 16, 1967
Service recordLyle Ervin Rohlfsen, of Eldora, Iowa, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Eldora, Iowa (Hardin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 115
- HARMON THURSTON RESPASSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- CLARANCE W ROGERS JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1967
- EUGENE SESTERCorporal · June 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- TERRY LEWIS CONLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 111
- JERRY MALONE JENKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 112
- ALVA NORTEN MYRICK IISergeant · Panel 21E, Line 113
- JOHN EARNEST MCCULLOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 114
- DEAN NELSON RASCHKESergeant · Panel 21E, Line 114
- HARMON THURSTON RESPASSSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 115
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 115
- CLARANCE W ROGERS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 115
- JOHN ANDREW SICKLESSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 116
- MICHAEL TERRY URSERYSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 116
- CHARLES EDWARD VICICHPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 116
From Eldora
- PAUL JON KOSANKESergeant · April 29, 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.