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JAMES STEVEN ROGERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 26, 1949 – September 15, 1969
Service recordJames Steven Rogers, of San Fernando, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 91
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 26, 1949
- Home of record
- San Fernando, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 91
- STEVEN ALLEN RICKERSONLance Corporal · September 15, 1969
- WILLIE ROGERS JRLance Corporal · September 15, 1969
- EDMOND RAY SACCOMENPrivate First Class · September 15, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR SICKLESPetty Officer Third Class · September 15, 1969
From San Fernando
- JOHN WEGER JRCaptain · October 22, 1965
- VAUN ANDREWSSergeant · October 7, 1967
- ARTHUR BUSTAMANTELance Corporal · January 13, 1968
- MALCOLM MARCELLIN ESPARZASpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- ISAAC RAMIREZ GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
- WILLIAM GOODRO REICHSpecialist Four · November 18, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD BERRYSpecialist Four · January 9, 1969
- RUSSELL EDWARD UPRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · November 14, 1969
- DAVID RIVAS CASTILLOPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- DAVID RAMIREZ MENDOZASpecialist Four · March 26, 1971
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.