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ROY NATHANIEL GIVENS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1949 – July 29, 1969
Service recordRoy Nathaniel Givens, of Newport News, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 70
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1949
- Home of record
- Newport News, Virginia (Newport News (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20W, Line 70
- HARRY ELSWORTH BLACKStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1969
- STEPHEN DONALD GLECKLERSergeant First Class · July 29, 1969
- EDWARD JOSEPH HALBERTSpecialist Four · July 29, 1969
- ROGER PARRY HARRELLCaptain · July 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY MURRAYSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 73
From Newport News
- ROBERT ALEXANDER WHITESpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ROBERT DECKER PERDUEPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- JOSEPH LUTHER ROBINSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- FREDERICK ALBERT SLEMPLieutenant · February 24, 1966
- ROBERT LEE SMITH JRLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- CLEVELAND VINESCorporal · May 21, 1966
- DONALD ROBERTS ASHBY SRLieutenant Commander · January 19, 1967
- ALEXANDER VIDALESMaster Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD MURRAYSergeant · March 4, 1967
- JAMES MILES BRANDON JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 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.