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ROY WILLIAM NEAL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 8, 1946 – May 28, 1968
Service recordRoy William Neal, of Blountville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 13
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
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 720 MP BN USARV
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Blountville, Tennessee (Sullivan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; ten of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 720 MP BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 13
- JOHN WESLEY MCVEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- ROY JOHN MOHRSenior Master Sergeant · May 28, 1968
- MICHAEL JACK MOONAirman · May 28, 1968
- LEONARD MICHAEL NOWAKPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HERMAN WILKENSStaff Sergeant · Panel 63W, Line 1
From Blountville
- MICHAEL EDWIN HARRSpecialist Four · April 15, 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.