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ROLAND JOHN PANARESE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 30, 1946 – April 19, 1969
Service recordRoland John Panarese, of Jacksonville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 11
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- October 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, North Carolina (Onslow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; he was the only one lost in Lam Dong Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 26W, Line 11
- ARTHUR FRANKLIN HENDERSONLance Corporal · April 19, 1969
- DAVID LOREN MCGILLCorporal · April 19, 1969
- ROY THOMAS MOSSCorporal · April 19, 1969
- THEODORE S ROLSTADLance Corporal · April 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT RICHARD BRADLEYPrivate · Panel 26W, Line 6
- HAROLD GENE BOTTOMSSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 7
- LARRY HOUSTON COOKEStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 7
- RICHARD LAMAR HANNONCorporal · Panel 26W, Line 8
- JOE GILBERT LONGORIASergeant · Panel 26W, Line 10
- CHARLES ELLIS THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 12
From Jacksonville
- PHILLIP RONALD JARRETTGunnery Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- JAMES HENRY WILSON JRSergeant · October 30, 1967
- OSCAR HARDISONPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- WILLIAM BENFORD SCOTTSergeant · August 12, 1969
- KENNETH GEORGE BURLOCK JRSpecialist Four · September 17, 1969
- WILLIE HOWARD HAWKINS JRPrivate First Class · August 27, 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.