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CHARLES DAVID ROGERS
Captain · U.S. Army
March 25, 1939 – March 11, 1969
Service recordCharles David Rogers, of Monroe, North Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- March 25, 1939
- Home of record
- Monroe, North Carolina (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29W, Line 14
- CLARENCE LEON ROUSESergeant · March 11, 1969
- ROBERT NED SAULSChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 11, 1969
- RICHARD MARTIN SCHMIDTPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD SHIRAKAPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY ANTHONY JACKSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 9
- PAUL WAYNE SHREWSBURYPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 15
- LARRY STRAHANSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 15
From Monroe
- ROBERT LEE CURLEE JRStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- CHARLES EVERETT SMITHSpecialist Four · July 17, 1966
- DAVID MACKRAL JORDANLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JAMES WHITEFORD PRICE JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- RICHARD VAN HUGGINSCorporal · October 8, 1967
- PHILLIP WARD BROOMMajor · November 3, 1967
- HAYWOOD JOHNSON JRStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE LANEYPrivate First Class · January 15, 1969
- RONALD LYNN HARKEYSergeant · February 22, 1969
- RUPERT A FUNDERBURK JRWarrant Officer 1 · August 21, 1969
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.