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ROLAND BALENTINE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 24, 1948 – October 3, 1967
Service recordRoland Balentine JR, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 44
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 44
- DONALD VERN FREEMANCaptain · October 3, 1967
- THEODORE HOWARDSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- RONALD RUNYAN KINGLieutenant Colonel · October 3, 1967
- JAMES CHARLES KROUSETechnical Sergeant · October 3, 1967
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
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.