RICHARD W ROY
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HONORED ON PANEL 9E, LINE 117 OF THE WALL

RICHARD W ROY

WALL NAME

RICHARD W ROY

PANEL / LINE

9E/117

DATE OF BIRTH

01/09/1943

CASUALTY PROVINCE

PR & MR UNKNOWN

DATE OF CASUALTY

08/08/1966

HOME OF RECORD

NEW BRITAIN

COUNTY OF RECORD

Hartford County

STATE

CT

BRANCH OF SERVICE

ARMY

RANK

SP4

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Contact Details

REMEMBRANCES

LEFT FOR RICHARD W ROY
POSTED ON 8.19.2023
POSTED BY: john fabris

honoring you....

Say not in grief he is no more, but live in thankfulness that he was.
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POSTED ON 10.23.2021
POSTED BY: Lucy Micik

Thank You

Dear Sp4 Richard Roy, Thank you for your service as an Infantryman with the 1st Cavalry. Saying thank you isn't enough, but it is from the heart. Another Halloween is soon Time moves quickly. Please watch over America, it stills needs your strength, courage, guidance and faithfulness, especially now. Rest in peace with the angels.
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POSTED ON 7.2.2017

Final Mission of SP4 Richard W. Roy

On August 2, 1966, Operation Paul Revere II was a continuing mission, beginning in May 1966, to interdict North Vietnamese Army (NVA) infiltration and supply routes in the Pleiku and Kontum Provinces. From August 2nd to 7th, efforts centered on finding the enemy. The NVA was reportedly in the area, but most of the sightings and contacts were of individuals and small groups. Nevertheless, shortly after noon on August 8th, A Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, made contact with a large enemy force near Landing Zone Juliet. The 3rd Platoon was on point and made the initial contact. They aggressively pursued and were immediately hit by several enemy heavy and light machine guns, cutting them off from the rest of the company. Most of 3rd Platoon was able to exfiltrate back to the A Company perimeter where the company found itself under very heavy attack. The Americans at Juliet withstood mass assaults for several hours. An attempt to encircle the company was beaten back by heavy artillery and Tactical Air Support. Cannon fire from Charlie Battery, Division Artillery delivered 1408 high-explosive rounds in two hours, which reportedly eliminated 98 enemy combatants. When the roar of helicopters from two companies from the 1st Battalion, 12th Cavalry, was heard arriving to reinforce LZ Juliet, the frightened enemy broke contact, leaving 106 of their dead. He was pursued until contact was lost after dark. The United States paid a high price in the engagement: 25 dead and 36 more wounded. The lost troopers included SP4 Clifton E. Bennett, SP4 Judge Burroughs Jr., PFC Orrie J. Buskey, PFC Brian J. Clune, PSGT Melvin F. Floyd, PFC Charles R. Greene, PFC David C. Hampton, SSGT Martis L. Haynes, PFC Douglas W. Jones, PFC George E. Matuscsak, PFC Mark E. Parker, SP4 Derek B. Pope, PFC Richard W. Power, SP4 Charles R. Powers, SP4 Richard W. Roy, SP4 Donald A. Sherrod, PFC John H. Shetters, PFC Frederick Stafford, PFC Bradley H. Tate, PFC David L. Thorpe, PFC Jack A. Welch, PFC Donald L. Corbin, SP4 John J. Kolz, PFC Alfredo Ostolaza-Maldonado, and SMAJ Richard A. Schaaf. [Taken from virtualwall.org, first-team.us, 1st Air Cavalry Division: Memoirs of the First Team, Vietnam, August 1965-December 1969]
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POSTED ON 11.11.2015
POSTED BY: Alfred J. Roy

Dear Brother

No one is more proud of your service to our country. You served bravely both in Korea and later in Vietnam where you made the ultimate sacrifice. I can not begin to imagine the horrors witnessed nor the dangers you endured while serving. Your tour in Korea was briefly interrupted when you suffered a broken jaw at the hands of captives during a failed escape attempt. Despite that setback your sense of duty remained strong as you continued serving your country. Please say hi to mom, dad, and Ray; you are all sorely missed and in my thoughts and prayers. It was a privilege to visit your grave site today at St Mary Cemetery in New Britain and place a flag as a token remembrance.
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POSTED ON 4.29.2015
POSTED BY: Wayne Cadrain

We were neighbors

Richard Roy was my neighbor on Pearl Court in New Britain. God bless you and thank you for your service to our country. You are a true hero and we are very proud of you. I delivered papers the Roy family and to the Rice family as well. Christine was my classmate at Camp School. I later went to Vietnam also, so even though I didn't know Richard well, I will not forget his courageous story.
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