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CORDELL BRUCE ROGERS
Captain · U.S. Army
November 13, 1938 – May 27, 1969
Service recordCordell Bruce Rogers, of Remsen, Iowa, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 1
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- November 13, 1938
- Home of record
- Remsen, Iowa (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 1
- DONNIE RAY HARLEYCorporal · May 27, 1969
- HENRY RICHARD HAUSMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
- JAMES HEBERT IIILance Corporal · May 27, 1969
- JOHN WARD KIRCHNERPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
From Remsen
- WILLIAM DAVID MONFOREPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- DAVID ALAN FISCHLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- THOMAS PAUL FRANKCommander · November 1, 1971
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.