This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roper Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kgDBAEB/766 Message Board Post: The following ROPERs are shown amongst the American servicemen killed during the Vietnam War according to a compilation published by the National Archives: Name; Mil Grade - Military Service; Home of Record (City or Town, State); Date of Death*; Place of Death; Date of Birth; Type of Casualty ROPER, CLAUDE TILLMAN; SP4 - ARMY; GAINESVILLE, GA; 03OCT68; S.VIETNAM; 29OCT47; HOSTILE, KILLED ROPER, JOEL CLYDE; PFC - ARMY; MARIETTA, GA; 09OCT67; S.VIETNAM; 13OCT47; HOSTILE, KILLED http://archives.gov/research_room/research_topics/vietnam_war_casualty_lists/ga_alphabetical.html http://archives.gov/research_room/research_topics/vietnam_war_casualty_lists/ga_by_town.html ROPER, JOHN MORTON; MAJ - AIR FORCE; BELLINGHAM, WA; 29NOV66; LAOS; 01JUL31; HOSTILE, KILLED http://archives.gov/research_room/research_topics/vietnam_war_casualty_lists/wa_alphabetical.html http://www.archives.gov/research_room/research_topics/vietnam_war_casualty_lists/wa_by_town.html *For persons who died while missing or captured, the date of casualty is the date died or declared dead, not the date declared missing or captured. Source: [Southeast Asia] Combat Area Casualties Current File (CACCF), as of November 1997 (electronic record), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, The National Archives at College Park.