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HERSHEL GALE ROGERS
Captain · U.S. Army
August 28, 1946 – September 27, 1971
Service recordHershel Gale Rogers, of Mackinaw, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1971, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Mackinaw, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1971; two of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 28
- STEVEN DALE KARNEHMChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1971
- JOHN JULLIANO KINTAROCaptain · September 27, 1971
- RONALD BENTON RUEPPELFirst Lieutenant · September 27, 1971
- DONALD DEAN BRUBAKERStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JAMES FRANKLIN BISHOPPrivate · Panel 2W, Line 27
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.