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DANIEL GORDON ROGERS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1945 – February 13, 1966
Service recordDaniel Gordon Rogers, of Garland, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 13, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- I CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- October 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Garland, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- 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 February 13, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 30
- JOHN WESLEY HOUSTONPrivate First Class · February 13, 1966
- CHARLES LAWRENCE RICHTMYRESpecialist Four · February 13, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD THOMPSONSergeant · February 13, 1966
- ROBERT KEITH WORLEYSergeant · February 13, 1966
From Garland
- VIRGIL LYNN STEPHENLance Corporal · July 19, 1965
- DAVID KEITH MONEACHICorporal · April 16, 1967
- STERLING CRAIG HENDRICKSPrivate First Class · April 19, 1967
- TOMMIE VAUGHN WHITEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- JAMES FRANCIS BEANPrivate First Class · July 21, 1967
- EVERETT LEE MAXWELLPrivate First Class · November 18, 1967
- ASHLAND FREDERICK BURCHWELLFirst Lieutenant · February 19, 1968
- LARRY DOUGLAS NEASBITTSergeant · February 20, 1968
- WILBUR LOVING MINTER JRLance Corporal · March 14, 1968
- MICHAEL DENNIS MUSECorporal · August 16, 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.