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WILLIAM EARL ROYAL
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
September 26, 1949 – March 20, 1971
Service recordWilliam Earl Royal, of Screven, Georgia, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1971, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 62
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Attack Helicopter Pilot (100E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Screven, Georgia (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1971; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 62
- VERNON GLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1971
- RICK E MCFARLANDCorporal · March 20, 1971
- JAMES DANIEL SCHOOLEYSergeant · March 20, 1971
- JOHN LEROY TRUESDELLSergeant · March 20, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM BURDON BEARDSLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 4W, Line 60
From Screven
- ORIS LAMAR POOLESpecialist Four · July 10, 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.