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ROY MARTIN PING
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 11, 1948 – June 13, 1969
Service recordRoy Martin Ping, of Compton, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 43
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Petroleum Supply Specialist (76W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 43
- CHRISTY ALBERT PEEBLERSergeant · June 13, 1969
- ROBERT VINCENT REKERLance Corporal · June 13, 1969
- ARTURO SALAZARSpecialist Four · June 13, 1969
- DAVID FRANK SCHLUTERMANPrivate First Class · June 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RALPH ANTHONY BARCELONASpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 38
- JAMES BILLY BURTONSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 38
- THEODORE S HERIOT JRPrivate First Class · Panel 22W, Line 40
- JOSEPH STANLEY LABAYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 41
- JAMES MCCONNYHEAD JRSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 42
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
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.