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ROY L EDELSTEIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 25, 1947 – August 14, 1968
Service recordRoy L Edelstein, of Superior, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Superior, Wisconsin (Douglas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 12
- THOMAS LYNN EICHENAUERSpecialist Four · August 14, 1968
- ANNIE RUTH GRAHAMLieutenant Colonel · August 14, 1968
- LEO LARRY HADLEYFirst Lieutenant · August 14, 1968
- SCOTT D HENRYCorporal · August 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT IRWIN BROWNCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 10
- RODRIGUEZ PEDRO J CAMACHOSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 11
- GARY LEE MALOYSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 11
- LEO LARRY HADLEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48W, Line 12
- SCOTT D HENRYCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 12
- ROBERT GEAN COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 13
- STEVE DONALD LEEPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 13
- JOHN BRUCE MULARZSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 14
- DANIEL LEO NEUBURGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 48W, Line 14
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 15
- ROBERT JOHN SANTOROSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 15
- FRANCIS ANTHONY SCHWARZPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 15
- HENRYK TADUESZ SULATYCKISergeant First Class · Panel 48W, Line 16
From Superior
- HOWARD DALE STROUSEMaster Sergeant · October 6, 1966
- ROBERT DALE ERICKSONSpecialist Four · January 13, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH ANDERSONPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- WILLIAM ANTHONY PATTERSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- VICTOR BERT MEYERSSergeant · August 9, 1968
- RONALD DUANE GOLDENSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SHELLUMSpecialist Four · April 18, 1969
- DAVID LENOX BANKSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL BOZINSKIWarrant Officer 1 · August 15, 1969
- JAMES JOHN GUNDERSONSergeant · November 15, 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.