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ROY ELSWORTH CONGLETON
Major · U.S. Army
March 5, 1932 – December 21, 1964
Service recordRoy Elsworth Congleton, of Chadbourn, North Carolina, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on December 21, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- March 5, 1932
- Home of record
- Chadbourn, North Carolina (Columbus County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1964
- Age
- 32
- 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 December 21, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 78
- HARRY GRIFFITH CRAMERCaptain · October 21, 1957
- JOE PARKSSergeant First Class · December 22, 1964
- EMMETT HARVEY HORNSergeant · December 23, 1964
- JAMES ROBERT HAGENLieutenant Colonel · December 24, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
From Chadbourn
- KENNETH RAY GODWINPrivate First Class · January 31, 1970
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.