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ROY LEE HELBERT
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 11, 1950 – February 11, 1971
Service recordRoy Lee Helbert, of Richlands, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 96
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Richlands, Virginia (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 96
- CLYDE WENDELL HANSONTechnical Sergeant · February 11, 1971
- GEORGE GLENN HUTSONSpecialist Four · February 11, 1971
- MICHAEL DONALD MCGOVERNCaptain · February 11, 1971
- CHARLES PAUL MONTROSSSergeant · February 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ROY ANTHONYSergeant · Panel 5W, Line 94
- WILLIAM LYNN WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 98
From Richlands
- HERMAN BROWNPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS PRUITTPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- WILLIE WARNIE ALLEYTechnical Sergeant · September 1, 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.