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ROLLAND LEON DURFLINGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 13, 1948 – December 6, 1969
Service recordRolland Leon Durflinger, of Watseka, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 31
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Watseka, Illinois (Iroquois County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1969; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 31
- JOE WITHERSPOONStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1969
- FLOYD JACKSON BANKSPrivate First Class · December 6, 1969
- FOSTER CRANMERSergeant · December 6, 1969
- ALAN DENNIS CURTISAirman First Class · December 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES ELTON FERRELLCaptain · Panel 15W, Line 32
- PETER KALANI MIRANDASpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 33
- PHILIP JOHN SCHROCKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 33
From Watseka
- CHARLES MICHAEL EVANSCorporal · January 19, 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.