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THOMAS MICHAEL ROYBAL JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 20, 1949 – July 18, 1968
Service recordThomas Michael Roybal JR, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 8
- GARY BERNERD SANFORDSpecialist Four · July 18, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SCOFIELDCorporal · July 18, 1968
- EARL FRANCIS SEABLOMPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- ALLEN CURTIS SHELINESergeant · July 18, 1968
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.