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WILLIAM BLAINE ROLLINS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 9, 1948 – January 18, 1969
Service recordWilliam Blaine Rollins JR, of St Marys, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 18, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 34
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 9, 1948
- Home of record
- St Marys, West Virginia (Pleasants County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 18, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 18, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 34
- KENNETH WALTER PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · January 18, 1969
- ORMAN STONECorporal · January 18, 1969
- TOBY WINDFIELD STREETFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1969
- DAVID HAROLD TOMIKELPrivate · January 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDDIE ALLEN BONETTIStaff Sergeant · Panel 34W, Line 31
From St Marys
- JOSEPH LEE RHINEHARTPrivate First Class · May 30, 1967
- WILLIAM WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- CHARLES WILLARD MILLER JRCorporal · February 7, 1969
- DAVID LEE TEMPLETONSpecialist Four · December 27, 1970
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.