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ROLAND ROBERT OBENLAND
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 10, 1935 – May 18, 1968
Service recordRoland Robert Obenland, of Nevis, Minnesota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 18, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 62E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62E · Line 21
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 10, 1935
- Home of record
- Nevis, Minnesota (Hubbard County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1968
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62E, Line 21
- LEROY MCKEEVERPrivate First Class · May 18, 1968
- VINCENT DUNCAN MONROECommander · May 18, 1968
- GILBERT HOWARD MUNCYLance Corporal · May 18, 1968
- RAYMOND VERNON NORAPrivate · May 18, 1968
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.