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ROY VERNON RAWLIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1948 – August 11, 1969
Service recordRoy Vernon Rawlin, of Chico, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 4
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Chico, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1969; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 4
- STEPHEN ROBERT PRINCESpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- RONALD ROBBINSSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- LARRY LEE SHAWPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
- STANLEY JOHN SHUMINSKISergeant · August 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALAN DARYL HARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 2
- RANDALL FRANK KASERPrivate First Class · Panel 19W, Line 3
- BRADLEY LOUIS SINNSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 5
From Chico
- JOHN ROBERT ADAMSSergeant First Class · November 8, 1967
- FLOYD WAYNE STRANGEChief Warrant Officer 3 · December 2, 1967
- GARY RALPH SCHWELLENBACHCorporal · December 27, 1967
- MICHAEL FREDERICK WALKERPrivate First Class · January 6, 1968
- ALLAN DEAN MASTELLERSpecialist Four · February 28, 1968
- GARY DENNIS HOLTONSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
- TODD LOUIS WOODSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- HARRY DANIEL SARAKOVPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- GEORGE FRANCIS TALKENLieutenant Commander · August 2, 1969
- ROBERT GLENN HARTMANFirst Lieutenant · October 1, 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.