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GEORGE PATRICK ROGERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 5, 1943 – May 7, 1967
Service recordGeorge Patrick Rogers, of Bettendorf, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Bettendorf, Iowa (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 54
- JOHN WILLIAM MCCOYSpecialist Four · May 7, 1967
- TALMADGE RHODENPrivate First Class · May 7, 1967
- CHARLES L SEEFELDT JRPrivate First Class · May 7, 1967
- BARRY DON THOMASLance Corporal · May 7, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL WAYNE HOWELLPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 52
- DANIEL MARK KASTENSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 52
From Bettendorf
- JIMMIE LEE FOSTERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- REID WILLIAM STOLTENBERGLance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- VERNON CHESTER RANDOLPHCorporal · February 7, 1968
- JAMES BLACK COOKFirst Lieutenant · August 3, 1968
- GARY ARNOLD NEAVORSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- WAYNE RICHARD ANDERSONPetty Officer Third Class · June 24, 1970
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.