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ROLLAND EUGENE DARLING JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 14, 1948 – December 10, 1968
Service recordRolland Eugene Darling JR, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1968; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 79
- THOMAS TODD CHAPMANPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- MELVIN E CLARKSpecialist Four · December 10, 1968
- DANA EDWARD DIEHLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
- CHARLES DEAN STRINGFIELDStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE JUNIOR DOBBINSPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 80
- ROBERT KEITH MERYSSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 82
- DAVID MICHAEL DICKMANSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 84
- JOE MANUEL JUAREZPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 84
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
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.