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ROY LEE ROYSTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 8, 1948 – December 16, 1969
Service recordRoy Lee Royston, of Houston, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 65
- TERRY LEE PERZCorporal · December 16, 1969
- RALEIGH JOHN SNELL JRSergeant · December 16, 1969
- LEONARD JAMES SUGIMOTOWarrant Officer 1 · December 16, 1969
- AARON WALKERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- OSCAR LEE BRITTENUM JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 15W, Line 61
- JAMES EDWARD HAYESWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 64
- SVEN STERNING MASONChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 15W, Line 64
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.