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THOMAS MILTON ROLAND
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
February 18, 1942 – July 27, 1968
Service recordThomas Milton Roland, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 20
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- February 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 27, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 27, 1968; three 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 50W, Line 20
- WARD KARL PATTONPetty Officer First Class · July 27, 1968
- ROY EDWIN PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · July 27, 1968
- CHESTER MICHAEL RENCEVICZLance Corporal · July 27, 1968
- ROBERT ANTHONY ROMEROSpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.