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WILLIE JUNIUS ROUNDTREE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 13, 1946 – October 7, 1966
Service recordWillie Junius Roundtree, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 58
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 7, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 7, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 58
- MICHAEL DENNIS MITCHELLLance Corporal · October 7, 1966
- JOHNNY LEONARD NEALSpecialist Four · October 7, 1966
- EUGENE MATTHEW PABSTMajor · October 7, 1966
- FRANKLIN MASON RENSHAWPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID WESLEY BRANCHPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 55
- JOHN FRANCIS DALOLA IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 56
- FRANK MICHAEL SOKOLOWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 59
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 1966
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.