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ROLLIN CHESLEY SARGENT JR
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 13, 1927 – October 22, 1964
Service recordRollin Chesley Sargent JR, of Johnson, Vermont, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 13, 1927
- Home of record
- Johnson, Vermont (Lamoille County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1964
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1964. In October 1964, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 67
- JAMES ALPHONSE RIALChief Petty Officer · October 22, 1964
- HERMAN TOWERYCaptain · October 22, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- VALMORE WILLIAM BOURQUECaptain · October 24, 1964
From Johnson
- KENNETH G WEIGHTMAN JRAirman First Class · June 10, 1966
- WAYNE EUGENE BYRNEPrivate First Class · April 16, 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.