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ROLAND LOUIE FLORIO
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
April 6, 1948 – August 15, 1968
Service recordRoland Louie Florio, of Massapequa, New York, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 17
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1948
- Home of record
- Massapequa, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1968; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 17
- ROGER DALE BOWMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1968
- CHARLES FREDERICK CRICHTONPrivate First Class · August 15, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD CROWLEYFirst Lieutenant · August 15, 1968
- PHILLIP JOHN ESSIGSergeant · August 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- OSCAR K HIGGINBOTHAM JRCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 18
- JAMES KEITH KNUTSONSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 18
- BYRON CLAIR TUCKERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 48W, Line 20
From Massapequa
- THOMAS ANDREW SANDERSFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1965
- ALBERT F KLESTINEC JRCorporal · July 10, 1966
- THOMAS ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · February 18, 1967
- STEVEN LAWRENCE MILLETTPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH KUBINCIAKPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- JOSEPH CHARLES LUPOSpecialist Five · August 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FERRARALance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GIANNELLISergeant · September 14, 1968
- BRIAN EDWARD SWANESpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- KARL ANDREW SCHOFERSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
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.