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ROGER MARVIN COURVILLE
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 4, 1950 – May 18, 1969
Service recordRoger Marvin Courville, of Pablo, Montana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 38
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Pablo, Montana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 38
- JAMES TERRELL COFERSpecialist Five · May 18, 1969
- GREGORY DOUGLAS CORNETTSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
- JAMES ALLEN COXCorporal · May 18, 1969
- RALPH JOEL CRUTTSSpecialist Four · May 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PETER ALLAN ARKOETTECorporal · Panel 24W, Line 36
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.