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CRAIG RAY ROGERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 19, 1950 – January 7, 1970
Service recordCraig Ray Rogers, of Waterloo, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 9
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
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Waterloo, Iowa (Black Hawk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 9
- ROBERT OCHABCaptain · January 7, 1970
- JOHN DEAN RETSECK JRPrivate First Class · January 7, 1970
- MICHAEL BERNARD ROBINSONCorporal · January 7, 1970
- LAROY FREDERICH ROTHSpecialist Four · January 7, 1970
From Waterloo
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGYMajor · May 4, 1966
- DAVID IRA MUSCHPrivate First Class · September 30, 1966
- DAVID HENRY PAULSENPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- RUSSELL LOUIS HALLEYPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JEFFERY THOMAS DINESPrivate · January 13, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD GREENSergeant · March 30, 1967
- RONALD MARVIN STEINCorporal · May 9, 1967
- ROBERT WILBUR DEYO JRPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- MERLE KEITH FAGERLIND JRCorporal · December 4, 1967
- LORENCE MARION LUNDBYSpecialist Four · March 4, 1968
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.