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SIDNEY EARL ROHLER
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 30, 1949 – March 28, 1970
Service recordSidney Earl Rohler, of Wadsworth, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 52
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Wadsworth, Ohio (Medina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 52
- CHARLES GLEN HEWITTLance Corporal · March 28, 1970
- FRED GEORGE KOVARIKSergeant · March 28, 1970
- THOMAS EMILE LACOSTELance Corporal · March 28, 1970
- EARL LEROY POOLESpecialist Four · March 28, 1970
From Wadsworth
- DARRELL LEE REIDSpecialist Four · August 20, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE BOWMANSergeant · January 2, 1968
- PAUL JOHN BACHMANCorporal · February 6, 1968
- DANIEL KIETH CHRISTIANLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- DAVID CHARLES FERGUSONSecond Lieutenant · March 5, 1969
- DAVID ARTHUR MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- JAMES HENRY HUFFLance Corporal · April 3, 1969
- RONALD LEE VANDUZERCorporal · June 23, 1969
- JAMES ROGER CLARKPrivate First Class · February 18, 1970
- DONALD ROBERT PERKINS JRSergeant · April 10, 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.