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ROY NICHOLAS UEBLER JR
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 15, 1948 – July 23, 1968
Service recordRoy Nicholas Uebler JR, of Berrien Center, Michigan, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 46
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Berrien Center, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In July 1968, 993 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 51W, Line 46
- THOMAS JAMES TOMCZAKSergeant · July 23, 1968
- BRUCE R WENBANSpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- RANDY RICHARD WERNIGWarrant Officer 1 · July 23, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY WHITEPrivate First Class · July 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS DALE CHANEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 51W, Line 38
- DANNY EUGENE DEESESpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 38
- THOMAS WADE DUERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51W, Line 40
- FRANCIS DAVID LEO JOHNSONSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 41
- HARRY MICHAEL MATHERSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 42
- JAMES STEPHEN MITCHELLChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51W, Line 42
- DONALD WILLIAM SEIDELSpecialist Five · Panel 51W, Line 44
- JAMES DOUGLAS SMITHChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 51W, Line 44
- BRUCE R WENBANSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 46
- RANDY RICHARD WERNIGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 51W, Line 46
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.