Rank: Specialist 4
Unit: 919th Engineer Company, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 12B – Combat Engineer
Awards: National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 21-Oct-1941
Hometown: Eagle Butte, South Dakota
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 6-Feb-1964
Start of tour: 6-Aug-1966
Incident date: 27-Oct-1966
Date of casualty: 27-Oct-1966
Age at death: 25
Cause of death: Non-hostile, died of other causes. Other Accident. Accidental homicide.
Orlando Silas Roach died on 27 Oct 1966 in Vietnam as the result of gunshot wound to the neck. He was accidentally shot by another individual who was cleaning a weapon.
Location of fatality: South Vietnam
Place of interment: Eagle Butte Cemetery, Eagle Butte, South Dakota, USA
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