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WILLIAM ARTHUR ROAR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 5, 1947 – April 29, 1968
Service recordWilliam Arthur Roar, of Newport, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 29, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 53E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Newport, Arkansas (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53E, Line 7
- LORENZO STEGALLPrivate First Class · April 29, 1968
- DAVID FRANCIS STRICKLERCorporal · April 29, 1968
- ALEXANDER TATE JRCorporal · April 29, 1968
- THOMAS LIONEL TWYFORDSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ANTHONY MAAG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 53E, Line 3
From Newport
- RAY MAX BARNWELLSpecialist Five · March 5, 1966
- EDWARD KEITH ROBISONMaster Sergeant · January 3, 1968
- LYNN MICHAEL TRAVISLieutenant (junior grade) · February 6, 1968
- RONALD OLIVER SCHARNBERGMajor · March 17, 1971
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.