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ROLAND FORREST DIPOLO
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 5, 1949 – June 11, 1969
Service recordRoland Forrest Dipolo, of Crestview, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 20
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Crestview, Florida (Okaloosa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 20
- TERRY FRANCIS DROWNSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- PAUL GUTTERREZ GONZALESPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- CHARLES DEE GREENPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD KENNEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALEXANDER BRYANT BRANTLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 18
- TERRY FRANCIS DROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 20
- MICHAEL GREGG WORLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 22W, Line 29
- FRED JOSEPH ZYCKSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 29
From Crestview
- BOBBY G MASONSergeant · October 8, 1965
- JOHNNY WAYNE GOULDStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1967
- EDWARD CHARLES MCGRATHSpecialist Four · October 6, 1967
- CHARLES MICHAEL CHESSHERPrivate First Class · May 24, 1968
- JAMES HAYES HALLCorporal · November 30, 1968
- HOLLEY DEWITT MATTHEWSStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1969
- PAUL EDWIN STROUSEPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- FREDERICK LEE FIELDSSpecialist Four · November 30, 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.