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CLAUDE BENTON ROGERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 23, 1950 – November 30, 1969
Service recordClaude Benton Rogers, of Madison, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 10
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Madison, Arkansas (St Francis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1969; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 10
- THOMAS HOWARD JONESSergeant · November 30, 1969
- DONALD LEE KINGERYFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1969
- DAVID LEONARD NICHOLSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1969
- ROBERT KENNETH PARKERSergeant · November 30, 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.