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BILLY LEE ROGERS
Seaman · U.S. Navy
June 13, 1948 – December 1, 1969
Service recordBilly Lee Rogers, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 1, 1969, in North Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 14
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- CVA 61 RANGER
- Born
- June 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1969. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 15W, Line 14
- WILLIAM VINCENT MOOREPrivate First Class · December 1, 1969
- STEPHEN LEON RAGSDALESergeant · December 1, 1969
- DONALD FRANCIS SCHNABLYCaptain · December 1, 1969
- FREDERICK W SIEBERT JRCaptain · December 1, 1969
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.