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CHARLES EDWARD ROGERS
Major · U.S. Air Force
November 16, 1928 – May 4, 1967
Service recordCharles Edward Rogers, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 4, 1967, in Laos, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 40
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 ACO SQ
- Born
- November 16, 1928
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19E, Line 40
- LEWIS RAYMOND NICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 4, 1967
- OSCAR ROBERT PARROTTLance Corporal · May 4, 1967
- WILLIAM HOWARD RIVERSPetty Officer Third Class · May 4, 1967
- ELWOOD CHARLES SOVEY JRPetty Officer Third Class · May 4, 1967
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.