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WILLIAM JOHN ROEGLIN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 19, 1949 – November 3, 1969
Service recordWilliam John Roeglin, of Greenfield, Wisconsin, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 24
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Greenfield, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 24
- DONALD MONROE SHUESergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
- SERGE BENSON SIMMONSFirst Lieutenant · November 3, 1969
- MICHAEL WILLIAM STEFFESpecialist Four · November 3, 1969
- LOUIS ROBERT SUSTERSICCaptain · November 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FLOYD JOSEPH CRAIGMYLECorporal · Panel 16W, Line 22
- LOUIS ROBERT SUSTERSICCaptain · Panel 16W, Line 24
- JOHN HENRY WILSONSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 25
- JAMES HARRY WOOLARDSpecialist Four · Panel 16W, Line 25
From Greenfield
- ANDREW JAMES CHICANTEKLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- TERRY LEE ALBRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 7, 1969
- LELAND CRAIG JOHNSONAirman First Class · October 10, 1969
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.