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ROBERT QUENTIN ROENTSCH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 14, 1946 – February 19, 1966
Service recordRobert Quentin Roentsch, of Walpole, New Hampshire, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 19, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 52
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Walpole, New Hampshire (Cheshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 19, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 19, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 52
- ROBERT C LILLYStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1966
- CLARENCE MEDLEYSergeant · February 19, 1966
- RAYMOND LUKE NAYLORSergeant · February 19, 1966
- GEORGE KENNARD NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 19, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE KENNARD NEWMANSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 52
From Walpole
- GARY WAYNE BALLSpecialist Four · July 16, 1968
- DAVID ERNEST GARDNERPrivate First Class · December 11, 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.