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RONALD D ROACH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 25, 1947 – February 12, 1968
Service recordRonald D Roach, of Concord, New Hampshire, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Broadcast Journalist (71R)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Concord, New Hampshire (Merrimack County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Battle of Huế was under way. At Huế (31 January–2 March 1968), Marines, soldiers of the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne divisions and South Vietnamese troops fought house to house for 26 days to retake the old imperial capital, the longest urban battle of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 11
- EDMUND ANTHONY OCONNORPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- THOMAS DEWITT POOLECorporal · February 12, 1968
- ROBERT EDWARD PRESTONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE PRINEFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL MORRIS ALLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 1
- GARY RAY CATESCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 3
- LEO PAUL DUNSMORECorporal · Panel 39E, Line 4
- LESLIE JAMES FROLICHPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 4
- RONALD ALBERT GREENWALDSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 5
- LARRY L HACKLEMANCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 5
- ARNOLD EDWARD MELISHSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 9
- JOSEPH LYNN OSTIFINCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 10
- THOMAS DEWITT POOLECorporal · Panel 39E, Line 11
- ROBERT WAYNE PRINEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 11
- WILLIAM A SIMSPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 14
- JOHN HOWARD SUYDAM IIISpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 14
- RANDALL ALAN WOOLCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 15
From Concord
- ERNEST GEORGE PAULPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- EVERETT PORTER RUNNELLSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- WALTER ALECK MURZINLance Corporal · October 2, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN SALTMARSHPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- GEORGE PHILIP DESMARAISPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- WAYNE THOMAS PROVENCHERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- WILLIAM R DOUILLETTE JRPrivate First Class · January 29, 1969
- DOUGLAS EARL STOVERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
- GARY CHESTER TOWLECorporal · May 24, 1969
- RONALD LEON OLSONSpecialist Four · November 24, 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.