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THEODORE S ROLSTAD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 10, 1948 – April 19, 1969
Service recordTheodore S Rolstad, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 19, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 11
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 11
- ARTHUR FRANKLIN HENDERSONLance Corporal · April 19, 1969
- DAVID LOREN MCGILLCorporal · April 19, 1969
- ROY THOMAS MOSSCorporal · April 19, 1969
- ROLAND JOHN PANARESESpecialist Four · April 19, 1969
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.