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ROY ROGERS ROARK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 16, 1947 – November 22, 1966
Service recordRoy Rogers Roark, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 22, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 110
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
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 110
- ALOYSIUS JOHN STUHLPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAY C TIPTONLance Corporal · November 22, 1966
- DENNIS NEIL WILLIAMSHospitalman Apprentice · November 22, 1966
- GORDON SCOTT WILSONMajor · November 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- GERALD EDWARD CHASTAINSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 108
- DOCK JEFFERSON PINIONSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 109
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 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.