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THOMAS JOSEPH ROACH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 8, 1949 – March 8, 1969
Service recordThomas Joseph Roach JR, of Royal Oak, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 80
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Royal Oak, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1969; 20 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 80
- GORDON CHESTER MURRAYSpecialist Four · March 8, 1969
- KENNETH ALLEN PEDERSONSergeant · March 8, 1969
- DAVID JEFFERY PHILLIPSSergeant · March 8, 1969
- PETER LEADBETTER TRIPPFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOHN BENEDICTPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 71
- WILLIAM RAY BLACKCaptain · Panel 30W, Line 72
- THOMAS JOHN BOWESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 72
- MICHAEL WALTER DOYLECorporal · Panel 30W, Line 74
- JOHN PHILLIP EMRATHCaptain · Panel 30W, Line 74
- LARRY EDGAR EVANSCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 74
- PETER LAWRENCE GORVADLieutenant Colonel · Panel 30W, Line 74
- VINCENT FEJA GUERREROCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 75
- GRANT HIROAKI HENJYOJIFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 76
- JOHN R HORNSBYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 76
- WALTER BRUCE HOXWORTHSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 77
- GORDON CHESTER MURRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 80
- PETER LEADBETTER TRIPPFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 80
- CHARLES DAVID SNYDERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 81
- GLENN ROBERT STAIRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 81
- ROY DEAN WIMMERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 83
From Royal Oak
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER KNAGGSCaptain · October 29, 1964
- ROBERT EDWARDS RAWLSCaptain · September 18, 1965
- MARTIN JOHN MASSUCCIMajor · October 1, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN TOWNSENDSergeant First Class · November 4, 1965
- JARMO ANTERO KARIPrivate First Class · February 9, 1966
- RONALD LOUIS POWELLLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- DONALD ALLEN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- THOMAS EDDY BIRDSALLLance Corporal · November 12, 1966
- LARRY DAVID ROSSPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- DAVID FRANKLIN VANDERCOOKPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
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.