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RODERICK KENNETH TOLBERT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 29, 1947 – June 3, 1970
Service recordRoderick Kenneth Tolbert, of Fairfield, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairfield, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 6
- BUSTER LEROY SCOTTPrivate First Class · June 3, 1970
- EARL RAY WEBB JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- BILL GENE WILLIAMSSergeant · June 3, 1970
- HOWARD LANIER WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE KESTERSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 5
From Fairfield
- J C CLARK JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- KENNY WAYNE BULLARDPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- ROSS ALLEN GASTONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE RASPBERRYSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
- RONNIE VAGO ROGERSSpecialist Four · January 5, 1971
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.