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ROY DARRELL HUMPHREY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 11, 1937 – April 26, 1968
Service recordRoy Darrell Humphrey, of Covington, Virginia, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 11, 1937
- Home of record
- Covington, Virginia (Covington (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 19
- CAREY DEAN HARMONSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- STEVEN CLINTON HEFFNERSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- DANNY EDWARD HEREAUSergeant · April 26, 1968
- WAYNE HENRY HOFFNERSergeant First Class · April 26, 1968
From Covington
- RALPH WAYNE BROUGHMANSpecialist Four · February 7, 1965
- GARY ALLEN BURKSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1967
- CHARLES THOMAS COOKESergeant · January 3, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES CRAGHEAD JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1968
- GARY LEE MILLERFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE JENKINSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DELMIS CLAYTON WATSONPrivate First Class · September 2, 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.