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RICHARD ALFRED ROESLER
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 3, 1946 – June 4, 1968
Service recordRichard Alfred Roesler, of Rhinelander, Wisconsin, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 4, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 12
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 1 BN 7 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- September 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Rhinelander, Wisconsin (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 12
- WAYNE SHELTON PROCTORSergeant · June 4, 1968
- ALDO EUGENE RYDERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- LOUIS ALLAN SNAKOVSKY JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS SODERSTROMHospitalman · June 4, 1968
From Rhinelander
- ROBERT JOHN DAVIESAirman · July 29, 1967
- GUSTAVE FRANKLIN GUDLESKECaptain · August 1, 1967
- WILHELM S HURKMANS JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1968
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.