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WILLIAM DAVID ROLLASON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 8, 1948 – July 18, 1970
Service recordWilliam David Rollason, of Riverside, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 29
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Riverside, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 29
- BURKE HOLBROOK MILLERCorporal · July 18, 1970
- WILLIAM A NORRENBROCKSpecialist Four · July 18, 1970
- THOMAS ANTHONY PARDOSpecialist Five · July 18, 1970
- MICHAEL ALLEN WALKERSergeant · July 18, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID ROBERT BEYLSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 27
- BURKE HOLBROOK MILLERCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 29
- MICHAEL ALLEN WALKERSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 29
- KENNETH JEROME SIMMONSSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 30
From Riverside
- THEODORE BERT PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · October 24, 1964
- WILLIAM RONALD GRAYSONCommander · April 1, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- ROBBIN ADAIR GOODWINPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- PATRICK LEE WOODLance Corporal · January 11, 1967
- VINCENT JOSEPH BENEGASLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD ELZIE VEACHSpecialist Four · May 28, 1967
- DENNIS EUGENE MONFILSPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- HECTOR FUENTESHospitalman · July 2, 1967
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.