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ROY DEAN RUSSELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1946 – July 13, 1971
Service recordRoy Dean Russell, of Mission, South Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 107
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Mission, South Dakota (Todd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 107
- MICHAEL WATKINSPrivate · July 12, 1971
- WILLIAM RANDALL ROBISONSpecialist Four · July 14, 1971
- HOWARD JOHN BECKER JRFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1971
- STEPHEN ANDREW BEDNARSpecialist Four · July 15, 1971
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.