Amel D. Royalty

Amel Douglas Royalty

Company C 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA April 28, 1968

SP4 - E4 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B20: Infantryman
25 year old Married, Caucasian, Male
Born on Sep 15, 1942
From GIFFORD, ILLINOIS
Length of service 1 year.
His tour of duty began on Jul 09, 1967
Casualty was on Apr 28, 1968
in KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
ARTILLERY, ROCKET, or MORTAR
Body was recovered
Religion
ROMAN CATHOLIC

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Amel Royalty was killed in action while on Operation Mac Arthur/Binh Tay,
during the Battle of Chu Moor Mountain, approximately 25 kilometers west of Polei Krong.

SP4 Amel D. Royalty's decorations

Amel as a Junior in High School from the Rountal High School yearbook

Amel Royalty was killed in action during the Battle for Chu Moor mountain.
The website is grateful to John McKee and Charlie "Doc" Shyab
for contributing the rubbings they took of all the names
of the 1st Battalion Killed In Action during the battle for Chu Moor.

Amel is buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rantool,IL.

Grave marker for Amel D. Royalty

Photo by Cheryl Behrend from the Find A Grave website

Photo of Amel Royalty courtesy of Fred Childs Company C 1/22 Infantry 1967-1968

For a tribute to Amel D. Royalty click on the following link:

Together We Served

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