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ROYCE LEE ADDINGTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 6, 1949 – November 12, 1970
Service recordRoyce Lee Addington, of Ratliff City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1970, in Tuyen Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 52
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Ratliff City, Oklahoma (Carter County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tuyen Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tuyen Duc Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 52
- RONALD J DIBARTOLOMEOSergeant · November 11, 1970
- DENNIS RICHARD LINNELLPrivate First Class · November 11, 1970
- GREGORY LEE WHITESpecialist Five · November 11, 1970
- JOSE GILBERT BARRERAPrivate First Class · November 12, 1970
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.