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WILLIAM EUGENE ROLLER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 3, 1941 – September 7, 1970
Service recordWilliam Eugene Roller, of Sebastian, Florida, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 7, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 45
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 3, 1941
- Home of record
- Sebastian, Florida (Indian River County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 7, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date September 7, 1970; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 45
- DAVID ALVIN PRATTCorporal · September 7, 1970
- BRENT WILLIAM SVEENPrivate First Class · September 7, 1970
- MICHAEL ASEPSpecialist Four · September 8, 1970
- ROBERT MADISON BOLESSergeant First Class · September 8, 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.