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ROLLEEN C SORIM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 23, 1947 – October 13, 1967
Service recordRolleen C Sorim, of Moline, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 13, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 103
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Moline, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 103
- RICHARD JUNIOR JONESPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- JAMES PAUL PURKEYSpecialist Five · October 13, 1967
- EDWARD JOHN RAFFERTYStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1967
- GEORGE EVERETT SHADEHospitalman · October 13, 1967
From Moline
- DENNIS WILLIAM BROWNSergeant · June 19, 1967
- ROGER ELLIS JARVISSergeant First Class · October 16, 1967
- LEROY ALPHUS ROSTPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- LEROY FLOYD SCHYSKAPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- STEPHEN C MOSELEYSergeant · December 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JAY WARRENFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- RAYMOND ROBERT VARNER JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- RICKY JEROME ALMANZACorporal · September 3, 1968
- BARRY SCOTT WELLSSpecialist Four · September 4, 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.