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CHARLES ROLAND ROGERSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 21, 1947 – May 31, 1967
Service recordCharles Roland Rogerson, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1947
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 24
- DENNIE NEACESergeant · May 31, 1967
- THOMAS LYNWOOD NIGRELLIPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD RICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- EDWARD S ROUBAStaff Sergeant · May 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RANDALL ARBOGASTSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 20
- JOSEPH EDWARD FITZGERALDStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 21
- CARL DAVID FLOWERSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 22
- JOHN ANDREW JAKOVACStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 23
- BRIAN KENT MCGARStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 23
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
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.