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EDWARD JOSEPH ROG JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 12, 1951 – April 3, 1971
Service recordEdward Joseph Rog JR, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 104 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 12, 1951
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1971; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 104
- JAMES BERNARD LOWWarrant Officer 1 · April 3, 1971
- FRED BRYAN ROSENBERRYSergeant · April 3, 1971
- FELIX MARCIAL TRUJILLOSergeant · April 3, 1971
- HOWARD OTTO WARBINGTONStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ARTHUR BESTStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 102
- WAYNE ROY BOROWSKICorporal · Panel 4W, Line 102
- GARY BUTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 103
- ROBERT JESSE KISERStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 103
- HOWARD OTTO WARBINGTONStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 104
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.