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CHARLES LEE ROGERS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 11, 1937 – January 16, 1967
Service recordCharles Lee Rogers, of Louisville, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear, Biological, And Chemical (Nbc) Specialist (54E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 11, 1937
- Home of record
- Louisville, Kentucky (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1967; ten of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while Operation Cedar Falls was under way. Operation Cedar Falls (8–26 January 1967) sent some 30,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops into the “Iron Triangle” northwest of Saigon to destroy Viet Cong base areas and tunnels. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 40
- ANDREW LESLIE MOODY JRSergeant · January 16, 1967
- KENNETH MICHAEL OTTEPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
- MARIO RAMIREZSergeant · January 16, 1967
- JESSE RICEPrivate First Class · January 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT HEUGH SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 39
- LOWELL ASTLEY WOLFRIESStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 41
From Louisville
- FERGUS COLEMAN GROVES IICaptain · February 2, 1962
- ROBERT SHERMAN MOSIERSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- DONALD GORDON RADCLIFFMajor · August 18, 1965
- LEE ROY JAMESGunnery Sergeant · September 5, 1965
- JERRY DWAYNE UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- GARY LOUIS DOWELLCorporal · October 27, 1965
- THOMAS EDWARD THAYER JRSergeant Major · November 8, 1965
- BOBBY LEE FAVORSSergeant · February 4, 1966
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · February 7, 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.