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ROLLIN RANDOLPH AUSTIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 16, 1948 – May 27, 1968
Service recordRollin Randolph Austin, of Estancia, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 3
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Estancia, New Mexico (Torrance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 3
- JERRY LEONARD WILLIAMSPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1968
- WILLIAM OTHELLO ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- EDDIE HUGH ALLENPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- JESSE JAMES ARMWOODSpecialist Four · May 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SHERRY JOE HADLEYCorporal · Panel 65W, Line 8
- WAYNE ALLEN PAINTERSpecialist Four · Panel 65W, Line 13
- CHARLES DUAINE SCHOEPFLINStaff Sergeant · Panel 64W, Line 1
- GEORGE ROBERT SMILEYCorporal · Panel 64W, Line 2
From Estancia
- REID ALLEN ISLERPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 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.