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ROY CHRISTOPHER OLGYAY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 8, 1952 – September 19, 1970
Service recordRoy Christopher Olgyay, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 19, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 74
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 8, 1952
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1970; seven of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 74
- JOHN GLENN MELCHORLance Corporal · September 19, 1970
- FRANK HAROLD MILLER JRCorporal · September 19, 1970
- MICHAEL SANCHEZPrivate First Class · September 19, 1970
- JOHN ELLIOTT TOUARTCorporal · September 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- FRANK HAROLD MILLER JRCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 74
- RAYBURN LESTER SMITH IIIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 75
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.