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ROY WAYNE MARLATT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1949 – July 29, 1970
Service recordRoy Wayne Marlatt, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 67
- PLEASANT MCCRAY JRCorporal · July 29, 1970
- RONALD FRANK PERSYNStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1970
- GARY LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · July 29, 1970
- ROBERT ALLAN SZPONDERSpecialist Four · July 29, 1970
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 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.