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ROY EDWARD WORTH
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 11, 1946 – February 7, 1968
Service recordRoy Edward Worth, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Phu Bon Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 19
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Bon
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; six of them were lost in Phu Bon Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Phu Bon Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 19
- ALGER LAWRENCE WHITE JRSpecialist Five · February 7, 1968
- EVERETT ALBERT WYATT JRSergeant First Class · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT LEO YORKPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- RICHARD FRED CAVANAUGHSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD ORION HOSKINSSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 2
- RONALD RAY LOVELANDSergeant · Panel 38E, Line 5
- THOMAS TUCKER OLIVERCaptain · Panel 38E, Line 9
- GUIDO SILVESTRO REALI JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 38E, Line 11
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.