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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Roy John Mohr.

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ROY JOHN MOHR

Senior Master Sergeant · U.S. Air Force

December 12, 1931 – May 28, 1968

Service record

Roy John Mohr, of Ogallala, Nebraska, served as a Senior Master Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 64W · Line 13

Position of Panel 64W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Senior Master Sergeant (SMSGT)
Service
Regular
Born
December 12, 1931
Home of record
Ogallala, Nebraska (Keith County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 28, 1968
Age
36
Province
Gia Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Illness
Circumstance
Heart Related

Context · from the records

What was happening

74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; ten of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 64W, Line 13

From Ogallala

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.