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ROY LEE WHITTLESEY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 29, 1934 – July 1, 1968
Service recordRoy Lee Whittlesey, of Houston, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 1, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 34
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1934
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 34
- JAMES ALEC WILLIAMSLance Corporal · July 1, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1968
- GEORGE JOHN ANDERSONSergeant · July 2, 1968
- ROBERT LYNN DAIGREPONTSergeant · July 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES C ISLER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 30
- ROGER LEROY LANEPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 54W, Line 31
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.