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ROGER STANLEY URBANI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 16, 1950 – November 17, 1970
Service recordRoger Stanley Urbani, of Manassas, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 17, 1970, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Manassas, Virginia (Manassas (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 66
- LARRY ALBERT DAHMSPetty Officer Third Class · November 17, 1970
- DENNIS EUGENE STECKERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1970
- RICHARD RUSSELL BUTTRYLance Corporal · November 18, 1970
- RUSSELL GLEN DANIELSPetty Officer Second Class · November 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS EUGENE STECKERSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 66
From Manassas
- DALLAS LEMON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- JAMES AMBLER WRIGHTSergeant · October 25, 1968
- SANDERS RAY BALDWINPrivate First Class · December 23, 1969
- WAYLAND F MCCAULEY JRPrivate First Class · September 12, 1970
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.