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ROY IGNACIO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1942 – May 25, 1971
Service recordRoy Ignacio, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1971, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Wahiawa, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1971; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 54
- WILLIAM EDWARD ADAMSMajor · May 25, 1971
- JOHN DEHAAS CURRANCaptain · May 25, 1971
- DENNIS CHARLES DURANDSpecialist Four · May 25, 1971
- JOHN WAYNE LITTLETONSpecialist Four · May 25, 1971
From Wahiawa
- EDWARD Y C KIMStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- TEOFILO CASTILLO PIMENTELSergeant First Class · February 10, 1966
- HOWARD J ANDUHAStaff Sergeant · July 7, 1966
- JOHN MICHIO MAMIYAChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- ELMER WILLIAM DICKENSStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1966
- ELMELINDO RODRIGUES SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- FELICISIMO ARELIANO HUGOSergeant First Class · February 26, 1967
- KENNETH JAMES TAKEMOTOSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- CLIFFORD AUHUNA NEWMANSeaman · November 11, 1968
- TERRY TERUO KAWAMURACorporal · March 20, 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.