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ROY JUNIOR DAY
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 8, 1928 – April 28, 1972
Service recordRoy Junior Day, of Racine, Missouri, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1972, in South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 10
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Storage And Handling Specialist (76V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 8, 1928
- Home of record
- Racine, Missouri (Newton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1972
- Age
- 43
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1972. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
He died in South Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 10
- JOHN JAMES MOTTLieutenant Colonel · April 29, 1972
- LARRY DAVID EPSTINESpecialist Four · April 30, 1972
- MELVIN DOUGLAS SEAGRAVESSeaman · April 30, 1972
- JOSEPH MIKE BERKSONCaptain · May 2, 1972
- GEORGE MICHAEL COUCHLance Corporal · September 10, 1973
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.