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HOWARD LEONARD ROGERS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1942 – November 8, 1967
Service recordHoward Leonard Rogers JR, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 53
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- March 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1967; 19 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 53
- RONALD PERSHING PRINCECorporal · November 8, 1967
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS REEVES JRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- PAUL WILLIAM RISINGERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS EDWARD SOLOMONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1967
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
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.