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ROBERT HENRY ROYER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 21, 1950 – May 3, 1971
Service recordRobert Henry Royer, of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 23
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- June 21, 1950
- Home of record
- Lewistown, Pennsylvania (Mifflin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 23
- WILLIAM HENRY WALTON JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1971
- LAWRENCE LOU WIESENDANGERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1971
- DERRILL LEE BURNSIDECaptain · May 3, 1971
- JAMES ROBERT KIGERSergeant · May 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MATTHEW ANDERSON BOWENPrivate · Panel 3W, Line 24
From Lewistown
- HAROLD ELMER BURKETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1966
- SIDNEY GEORGE KREISHERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- GUY WESLEY CLINGER JRSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- RUSSELL EDWARD KEPHARTSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RONALD RAY WALLSStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANK ROCCOSergeant First Class · April 23, 1969
- WILLIAM CLAYTON HACKETTStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
- JOHN HOWARD GUTHRIDGECaptain · August 29, 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.