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ROY CARL WAGNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 23, 1947 – October 2, 1967
Service recordRoy Carl Wagner, of Bismarck, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 42
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Bismarck, North Dakota (Burleigh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 42
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN SMITH JRSpecialist Four · October 2, 1967
- ALAN EDWIN WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM YEAGERPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
From Bismarck
- CHESTER LEROY COONSPetty Officer Second Class · February 17, 1968
- PATRICK JOSEPH MCCABEMaster Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- DEWAYNE MICHAEL SELBYPrivate First Class · May 26, 1968
- ERNEST E BARTOLINA JRCaptain · February 7, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD KELLY JRCaptain · July 25, 1969
- DONALD GENE VOLLMERSpecialist Five · November 2, 1969
- GLENN ERVIN MAIERFireman · July 11, 1970
- JAMES ALAN FOWLERLieutenant Colonel · June 6, 1972
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.