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ROY WILLIAM EDWARDS
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 30, 1930 – January 12, 1968
Service recordRoy William Edwards, of Henderson, Texas, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 35
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 30, 1930
- Home of record
- Henderson, Texas (Rusk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1968
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 35
- JAMES DERWIN COHRONSergeant First Class · January 12, 1968
- JACKY RAY COUCHPetty Officer Third Class · January 12, 1968
- LEE ROGER DANIELSONSergeant · January 12, 1968
- WILLIAM OSCA POFFENBARGERPrivate First Class · January 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ELDREW BARRONCorporal · Panel 34E, Line 33
- LEE ROGER DANIELSONSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 35
- JAMES CASTALDICorporal · Panel 34E, Line 38
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN MCCLARYStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 38
- WILLIAM DAVID PORTSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 39
- MAX RAY SPANGLERSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 39
From Henderson
- BOBBY JOE JACOBSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- THOMAS JOHN POOLPrivate First Class · June 30, 1967
- THOMAS LYNN FORSYTHEWarrant Officer 1 · December 21, 1969
- ERVIN LEE TUTTLESpecialist Four · March 2, 1970
- JOHNNY GORDON WILLIAMSONSergeant · April 24, 1971
- HENRY ELMER EVANSStaff Sergeant · December 23, 1971
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.