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HARVEY DAVID ROGERS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 10, 1950 – April 17, 1970
Service recordHarvey David Rogers JR, of Long Beach, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 10, 1950
- Home of record
- Long Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 18
- NORMAN DOUGLAS PEERYCorporal · April 17, 1970
- JERRY LEE PRENTNERSergeant First Class · April 17, 1970
- LOEL FRANKLIN REXROADMajor · April 17, 1970
- LAWRENCE DOUGLAS RICHMONDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD RIVERS ANDREWS JRCaptain · Panel 11W, Line 16
- ALVIN EUCLID CROSSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 11W, Line 16
- DEAN ALLEN HARIGWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 16
- WILLIAM KENNETH HUNTERSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 16
- HOWARD DENNIS LANDRYPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 17
- FREDERICK CURTIS MARSHSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 17
- FREDERICK M SIMEONOFFWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11W, Line 19
- JACK DEWAYNE TUGGLE JRSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 19
- BARCLAY LEONARD VOLKStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 19
- MICHAEL JOSEPH WEIKSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 19
From Long Beach
- PETER ANTHONY SEMMERPrivate First Class · February 11, 1965
- RICHARD GRAHAM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- IVAN JOSEPH BROYLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RICHARD EYRE CROWELance Corporal · May 29, 1966
- FRANZ GERHARD PREDIGERSpecialist Four · June 30, 1966
- ANTHONY ROBERT BOSHPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- GERALD JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- MICHAEL PAUL MCCONAHAYPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- EDMOND SANMARCOSPrivate First Class · December 19, 1966
- MARSHAL LYNN HORTONSpecialist Four · December 25, 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.