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ROYSE WAYNE REHWALD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1951 – September 13, 1971
Service recordRoyse Wayne Rehwald, of Vincennes, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 13, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Welder (44C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- June 19, 1951
- Home of record
- Vincennes, Indiana (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 16
- DON RILEY GILBRETHMaster Sergeant · September 14, 1971
- STANLEY RUFUS RHODESPrivate First Class · September 14, 1971
- HEINZ KURT ROESCHCaptain · September 14, 1971
- DIETER JAMES FISERSpecialist Four · September 15, 1971
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE RAY MORRISONFirst Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 15
From Vincennes
- BILLY WAYNE HEDGECorporal · November 22, 1965
- ROBERT JAMES ROSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD HAYNESStaff Sergeant · November 24, 1967
- JERRY EARL PRYSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- BRUCE EDGAR STRATECorporal · February 7, 1968
- DICK DALE HAMILTONSergeant First Class · August 21, 1968
- WILLIAM DENNI MCALLISTERFirst Lieutenant · March 6, 1969
- JAMES WAYNE BEDELLCorporal · July 7, 1969
- THOMAS ANDREW HIGGINSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1969
- JAMES ANTHONY BAILEYCorporal · November 20, 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.