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ROY ALAN WINTER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 19, 1947 – June 11, 1968
Service recordRoy Alan Winter, of Aurora, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Aurora, Missouri (Lawrence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
51 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1968; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 30
- RUSSELL JOSEPH WEEKLEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- CHARLES CLINTON WHITELance Corporal · June 11, 1968
- GERARD THEODORE WOLTERMANPrivate First Class · June 11, 1968
- EDWARD TAYLOR WRIGHTGunnery Sergeant · June 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOSEPH CHASEStaff Sergeant · Panel 58W, Line 23
- ROBERT STEVEN GROSSHARTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 58W, Line 25
- PAUL RAYMOND HARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 58W, Line 25
- GERARD THEODORE WOLTERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 30
From Aurora
- KENNETH EUGENE DOUGHERTYPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- LARRY LEE PHELPSPrivate First Class · February 9, 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.