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DEAN FRANCIS ROGERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 19, 1946 – August 11, 1970
Service recordDean Francis Rogers, of Portland, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 104
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Portland, Oregon (Multnomah County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 104
- MARK JOSEPH TOSCHIKFirst Lieutenant · August 11, 1970
- ALAN WAYNE ASHENFELTERLance Corporal · August 12, 1970
- JAMES AUSTON BROWNSpecialist Four · August 12, 1970
- DAN GUINN FEEZELLSergeant · August 12, 1970
From Portland
- RICHARD DALE BENZELSergeant First Class · December 6, 1962
- GEORGE WILLIAM WATSONSpecialist Five · December 18, 1963
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- TYRRELL GORDON LOWRYCaptain · June 18, 1965
- WILLIAM JOHN LAGRANDChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 5, 1965
- LARRY ALAN LINDSEYPrivate First Class · September 6, 1965
- DONALD WALTER LOVETTSpecialist Four · December 8, 1965
- DAVID JOHN BYSTEDTLance Corporal · January 11, 1966
- RAYMOND EARL BROWNLance Corporal · January 12, 1966
- JAMES LEE GARDNERCorporal · February 2, 1966
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.