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ROY RUDOLPH WHITESIDE
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
October 22, 1926 – October 11, 1969
Service recordRoy Rudolph Whiteside, of Paducah, Kentucky, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 11, 1969, in Chau Doc Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 70
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ship's Serviceman (SH)
- Born
- October 22, 1926
- Home of record
- Paducah, Kentucky (Mccracken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Chau Doc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Chau Doc Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 70
- GREGORY CARTERPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
- JAMES RAYMOND DUFAULTCorporal · October 12, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES GREATHOUSEPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
- ROBERT EUGENE JENRYPrivate First Class · October 12, 1969
From Paducah
- BILLY JOE WATKINSStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1967
- KENNETH RAY WRIGHTLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- BILLIE TAYLOR PRESSONCaptain · September 20, 1967
- DON POTTERSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- GIVEN WEST BRADLEYSpecialist Four · February 11, 1968
- JAMES DALE CRUSEHospitalman · June 15, 1968
- JAMES A WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · August 13, 1968
- WILLIAM LEON VICKChief Warrant Officer 3 · August 30, 1968
- JOHN R HORNSBYSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- ARTHUR DALE LINDSEYPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
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.