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RICHARD FRANKLIN ROACH
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
August 9, 1946 – June 20, 1966
Service recordRichard Franklin Roach, of East Liverpool, Ohio, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 20, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 68 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 68
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 3 RECON BN 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 9, 1946
- Home of record
- East Liverpool, Ohio (Columbiana County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1966; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 68
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- GARY ELDON OOTHOUDTSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN PHOEBUSSpecialist Four · June 20, 1966
- EDWIN CHARLES ROLLINSSergeant · June 20, 1966
From East Liverpool
- JOSEPH JAMES COMPA JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- TERRY LEE BARCUSPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- STEVEN MICHAEL HANIOTESPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- STEPHEN ERIC SEIFERTHPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- JAMES HAROLD PIGOTTCorporal · August 22, 1968
- DALLAS REESE PRIDEMORESergeant First Class · September 8, 1968
- SAMUEL CHRISTIAN HALLPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
- DANA EDWARD MEANSPrivate First Class · August 13, 1969
- WILLIAM DENNIS GALLAWAYSpecialist Five · April 24, 1970
- ALFONZA FOSTERSpecialist Four · August 28, 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.