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ROBERT RICHARD ROY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 30, 1946 – February 4, 1966
Service recordRobert Richard Roy, of Winslow, Maine, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 4, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Winslow, Maine (Kennebec County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date February 4, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 2
- JIMMY ALLEN MARCUMSpecialist Four · February 4, 1966
- JAMES R NEUBAUERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- PAUL RAY SETZERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- FRANK RAYMOND STAMPERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1966
- EDWARD ALAN BRUDNOCaptain · June 3, 1973
From Winslow
- CARLTON ANDREW FROSTPrivate First Class · May 19, 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.