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TIMOTHY ROY ROE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 13, 1951 – February 26, 1970
Service recordTimothy Roy Roe, of Kewanna, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1970, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 13, 1951
- Home of record
- Kewanna, Indiana (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 59
- DONALD F HARTZELL JRPetty Officer Third Class · February 26, 1970
- GENE BERTAN NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · February 26, 1970
- DAVID STIRLING REIDSergeant · February 26, 1970
- JAMES PAUL RICHARDSSergeant · February 26, 1970
- GERALD MARTIN STAATSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MANUEL GALVEZ-PASTRANAStaff Sergeant · Panel 13W, Line 56
From Kewanna
- JAMES FRANKLIN TALBOTTCorporal · August 6, 1969
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.