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SYLVESTER ROACH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 5, 1943 – December 26, 1968
Service recordSylvester Roach, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 78
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
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 5, 1943
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 78
- ALBERT W MCKINNEY JRPrivate First Class · December 26, 1968
- LOUIS WADE ROBERTSCorporal · December 26, 1968
- KENNETH DOYLE SHOOPMANLance Corporal · December 26, 1968
- IRVIN WALKERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.