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ROLAND DEAN TROYANO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 11, 1951 – February 7, 1971
Service recordRoland Dean Troyano, of Newport Beach, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 85
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 11, 1951
- Home of record
- Newport Beach, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 85
- BRUCE ALLAN VANDAMStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1971
- CHARLES E WITHERSPOONSergeant · February 7, 1971
- HARRY WOLFENDENSpecialist Four · February 7, 1971
- LEWIS RICKEY YATESSergeant · February 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS RALPH SCHMALTZCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 84
From Newport Beach
- MICHAEL ROBERT YOUNGSpecialist Four · March 4, 1966
- GALEN LEROY MOORESpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- JEROME CHARLES SHOMAKERFirst Lieutenant · November 20, 1967
- STEPHEN WAYNE LUCIASpecialist Four · March 14, 1969
- KENT STUART ANDERSONFirst Lieutenant · September 1, 1969
- KRIS MITCHELL PERDOMOSpecialist Four · May 9, 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.