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ROY GORDON AZBILL
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 1, 1940 – December 30, 1964
Service recordRoy Gordon Azbill, of Weaverville, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 79
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)
- Born
- January 1, 1940
- Home of record
- Weaverville, California (Trinity County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1964
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 79
- HAROLD GEORGE BENNETTStaff Sergeant · December 29, 1964
- REINO ARNE PANULAStaff Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- FRANKLIN DELANO PORTERSergeant · December 30, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
From Weaverville
- CHARLES LEE HARTLANDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- ROBERT DON CASESpecialist Four · January 8, 1969
- DAVID ALEXANDER TRESTERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1971
- ROGER NELVIN CARPENTERPetty Officer Third Class · April 18, 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.