ROY LEE WHITTLESEY

Company A 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 07/01/1968

Age: 33
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Jul 29, 1934
From: HOUSTON, TX
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Married

SSGT - E6 - Army - Regular
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B40: Infantryman
Length of service 18 years
His tour began on May 4, 1968
Casualty was on Jul 1, 1968
In PLEIKU, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered

Panel 54W - Line 34

Roy Whittlesey was killed during a firefight with enemy forces at grid reference BR101332,
approximately 22 kilometers south/southeast of Suoi Doi airfield.

SSG Roy L. Whittlesey's decorations

Roy Whittlesey with his first wife Gladys Francis Williams

Photo courtesy of Roy's daughter Donna

Roy Whittlesey with his first wife Gladys Francis Williams

Photo courtesy of Roy's daughter Donna

Burial:
Houston National Cemetery
Houston
Harris County
Texas, USA
Plot: C, 693

Grave marker for Roy Whittlesey

Photo by Dara deBlieux from the Find A Grave website

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