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ROY DELL SHINGLER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 29, 1950 – February 15, 1971
Service recordRoy Dell Shingler, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 108
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
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Vicksburg, Mississippi (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1971; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 68 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 108
- STANLEY EUGENE REDMONSpecialist Four · February 15, 1971
- RICHARD BENNETT RINEHARTCorporal · February 15, 1971
- WILLIAM DANIEL SAPPChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 15, 1971
- JAMES LEROY SMITHFirst Lieutenant · February 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT BROBSTPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 104
- JAMES PATRICK THOMPSONSpecialist Five · Panel 5W, Line 109
From Vicksburg
- ARTHUR MELVIN GORDONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- HOWARD GARRETTStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1966
- TERENCE DALE OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1966
- ELLSWORTH I DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- JAMES C DIXONMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1967
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY BURNSIDEPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOHN ELSEY BATCHELOR JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1969
- EUGENE TUCKERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
- ASBERRY BEARD JRCorporal · September 5, 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.