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ROGER EUGENE CARROLL
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 26, 1949 – October 30, 1969
Service recordRoger Eugene Carroll, of Avoca, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Avoca, Iowa (Pottawattamie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 4
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER CHILDSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
- THOMAS ELMER CLARKSpecialist Four · October 30, 1969
- GERALD WILBERT DURTKASergeant First Class · October 30, 1969
- ROBERT MILLARD GROSCOSTPrivate First Class · October 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CRAIG BRANNONSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 2
- ROBERT MILLARD GROSCOSTPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 4
From Avoca
- DAVID BRUCE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 30, 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.