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JAMES PAUL ROGAN
Major · U.S. Army
November 23, 1939 – March 8, 1968
Service recordJames Paul Rogan, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 60
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. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 23, 1939
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Định Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 43E, Line 60
- MICHAEL DUANE ROLFECorporal · March 8, 1968
- SAMUEL JAMES RUMSON JRPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- GEORGE HAROLD SAULS JRPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- JOHN EDGAR SEVERSONSpecialist Four · March 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH SULLIVANPrivate First Class · Panel 43E, Line 62
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 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.