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DAVID ALAN ROGERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 8, 1946 – February 20, 1970
Service recordDavid Alan Rogers, of Waterford, Connecticut, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 38
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Waterford, Connecticut (New London County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 38
- THOMAS ALAN PORTERCorporal · February 20, 1970
- CLYDE DEAN ROOTPrivate First Class · February 20, 1970
- CLYDE BENJAMIN TATNALLFirst Sergeant · February 20, 1970
- JAMES HAROLD WAULK JRCorporal · February 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EDWARD WYNNESergeant · Panel 13W, Line 39
From Waterford
- RALPH JOHN PARKER JRCorporal · October 31, 1967
- CHARLES ARTHUR JACKSONStaff Sergeant · December 31, 1968
- FRANKIE ROSS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · February 4, 1969
- SHELDON SILVERMANStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1970
- JAMES HOWARD MACDOUGALMaster Sergeant · April 14, 1971
- ARNOLD EDWARD HOLM JRCaptain · June 11, 1972
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.