Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: F Troop, 2nd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple Heart Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal with Three Oak Leaf Clusters, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 25-Apr-1942
Hometown: Wahiawa, Hawaii
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 21-May-1961
Start of tour: 26-Oct-1970
Incident date: 25-May-1971
Date of casualty: 25-May-1971
Age at death: 29
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Unknown. Misadventure.
Roy Ignacio was killed while at a night defensive position when the area came under attack by a hostile force. / At night defensive position (NDP), received hostile mortar attack, rocket propelled grenades (RPG) and small arms fire (SAF).
Location of fatality: Hua Nghia, South Vietnam, XT 559 275
Place of interment: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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