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EDWARD LEROY ROGERS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 15, 1930 – December 23, 1969
Service recordEdward Leroy Rogers, of Cedartown, Georgia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 23, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 88
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 15, 1930
- Home of record
- Cedartown, Georgia (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1969; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 88
- GERALD ROBERT WADESergeant First Class · December 23, 1969
- ROBERT LEONARD WEHUNTCaptain · December 23, 1969
- TIMOTHY CHAMPREAUX WHITEFirst Lieutenant · December 23, 1969
- ALFRED LACY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL WINSLOW EDWARDS JRSergeant First Class · Panel 15W, Line 85
- CLIFFORD MONTGOMERYSergeant First Class · Panel 15W, Line 87
- FRANKLIN WYLIE NEELSergeant First Class · Panel 15W, Line 87
From Cedartown
- JULIAN WAYNE COUCHPlatoon Sergeant · February 23, 1967
- FRANKLIN CLOVISPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- WILBURN EDWARD WESTERStaff Sergeant · February 17, 1968
- RAY HOUSTON WOODSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1968
- BRUCE SHERFIELD JRPrivate First Class · May 25, 1968
- RAY MCKIBBENSergeant · December 6, 1968
- LANNY LAMAR WESSONSergeant · December 19, 1968
- DON LARRY ATKINSCorporal · May 12, 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.