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ROY EVERETT COUCH
Colonel · U.S. Army
December 16, 1925 – February 7, 1970
Service recordRoy Everett Couch, of Cave Springs, Arkansas, served as a Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 111
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Colonel (COL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 16, 1925
- Home of record
- Cave Springs, Arkansas (Benton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1970
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 111
- TED JASON BISHOPCorporal · February 7, 1970
- RAYMOND JOHN DILORENZOFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1970
- JAMES MICHAEL FUHRMANLance Corporal · February 7, 1970
- ARTHUR MARTINEZ GARCIA JRSergeant · February 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND JOHN DILORENZOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 14W, Line 111
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.