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HORACE POPE ROGERS JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 11, 1945 – June 24, 1966
Service recordHorace Pope Rogers JR, of Wilson, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Wilson, North Carolina (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 88
- MELVIN MCCRAYPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- ROBERT WOODSON REIDSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ALLAN JOSEPH ALTIERIPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 83
- LLOYD HERBERT BRAYEPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 84
- WILLIAM ELLIS JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 84
- OCTAVIO FEBUSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 84
- ALLAN ALPHONSA GANZYPrivate · Panel 8E, Line 85
- BILLY MONROE GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 85
- AARON MILTON HOPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 85
- KENNETH R KAAIHUEStaff Sergeant · Panel 8E, Line 86
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 86
- RICHARD F LABARBERAPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 87
- ROBERT DANEL OWEN JRSergeant First Class · Panel 8E, Line 87
- ROBERT WOODSON REIDSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 88
- LUIS SANTIAGO SANTIAGOPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 88
- GORDON RAY SKYLESSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 89
- CARROLL LAVERNE TUTHILLSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 89
- HOLLIS ALLEN WALKERPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 90
- JERRY HIOTT WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 90
From Wilson
- AMOS CARLTON WATSONSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- RUDOLPH WHITAKERPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
- RONNIE LEE BRAYLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- JAMES JUNIUS RUFFINSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- ARCHIE LEE COOPERLance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- WILBUR CORNELL GASKINSPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- CHARLES WORTH MILLARDChief Warrant Officer 4 · April 19, 1968
- EDMUND JOSEPH KELLYStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY TAYLORCaptain · May 23, 1968
- HENRY EDWIN BENTON JRFirst Lieutenant · August 17, 1968
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.