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JERRY EUGENE ROGERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 31, 1948 – June 21, 1969
Service recordJerry Eugene Rogers, of Demorest, Georgia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 21, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 108
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Demorest, Georgia (Habersham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 21, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date June 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 22W, Line 108
- PAUL EDWARD PETROLINELance Corporal · June 21, 1969
- JOHNNY WENDELL PHILLIPSCorporal · June 21, 1969
- FRANCIS GROVER RUPPERTSpecialist Four · June 21, 1969
- ALLYN TROY STEVENSPrivate · June 21, 1969
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.