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ROY LEE SINGLETARY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 17, 1947 – July 8, 1969
Service recordRoy Lee Singletary, of Newton, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 8, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 86
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
- Light Air Defense Artillery Crewmember (16F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- July 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Newton, Georgia (Baker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 8, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 86
- WILLIAM EDWARD SISLEYPrivate First Class · July 8, 1969
- JAMES ELMO SIZEMOREMajor · July 8, 1969
- JOHN CALVIN TODDStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1969
- JESSE UPTIGROVEStaff Sergeant · July 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD SELAH COLVINPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 81
- STANLEY STEWART FENNERPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 82
From Newton
- ROBERT ANTHONY PIPERCorporal · July 31, 1971
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.