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CARROLL L RODGERS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 4, 1941 – November 28, 1966
Service recordCarroll L Rodgers, of Natchitoches, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1966, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 127
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. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 116 AVN CO 11 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Natchitoches, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1966; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “116 AVN CO 11 AVN BN 12 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 127
- MERCED HERMAN GONZALESPrivate First Class · November 28, 1966
- JOHN HARVEY HOEFFSSpecialist Four · November 28, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- DAVID LEE SIVERLYFirst Lieutenant · November 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LARRY FLOYD CASTLEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 12E, Line 126
- MERCED HERMAN GONZALESPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 127
- DAVID LEE SIVERLYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 127
From Natchitoches
- CARL EDWIN JACKSONCaptain · June 27, 1965
- ABELL MOSESPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- CARSON EARL HAIRELance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD METOYERLance Corporal · August 31, 1966
- OTIS LEWISPlatoon Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- CLARENCE EDGAR WATERSCorporal · September 12, 1967
- CHARLES DOTYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- FREDDIE JAMES BENJAMINPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- TOMMY LLOYD WYATTCorporal · February 22, 1969
- ROBERT GLEN POTTERSpecialist Five · January 13, 1970
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.