Roy Vernin Rawlin
| Born | January 29, 1948 |
| Died | August 11, 1969 |
| Service Branch | Army |
| Rank | Sergeant |
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| Unit | Airborne |
| Campaign | Viet Nam |
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| Notes | Sgt. Roy Vernon Rawlin Jan. 29, 1948 - Aug. 11, 1969 Chico Roy Rawlin was born in Grants Pass. Oregon and later moved to Chico where he graduated with the class of 1966 from Chico Senior High School. When he was younger he was a champion roller skater and competed in meets all over Northern California. After high school Rawlin moved up to Chester. He was working in the woods with a logging company when he received his draft notice. Rawlins went into the Airborne, and he had just 11 months left in the Army when he was shipped to Vietnam. He fought in the bloody Battle of Hamburger Hill, where he was mortally wounded. That same day he wrote a letter to his mother describing his unit’s situation in Vietnam: “We’re Out here fighting their crummy war while the Vietnamese Army is kicking back on our fire bases.” In the same letter he mentioned that he saw a local man die when a hand grenade he threw bounced off a tree and rolled back and blew up. Roy Rawlin lived 11 days after he was wounded. He was 21 when he died. Chico News & Review, May 26, 1988
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| Sources | National Archives Chico News & Review |
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