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JERRY LEE ROGERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 12, 1947 – September 12, 1967
Service recordJerry Lee Rogers, of Struthers, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Struthers, Ohio (Mahoning County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1967; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 63
- EFRAIN JULIO ROBLEDOSpecialist Four · September 12, 1967
- EVARISTO SANDOVALSergeant · September 12, 1967
- THOMAS FRANK SHANKSCorporal · September 12, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH SULLIVANStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- GERALD AUGUSTINE CULHANEStaff Sergeant · Panel 26E, Line 59
From Struthers
- EUGENE MICHAEL PALISKISStaff Sergeant · November 16, 1964
- LOUIS SAM GUTIERREZSergeant · November 18, 1965
- LEONARD STEPHEN HAUSERMANPrivate First Class · March 30, 1966
- RONALD CHARLESLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- CHARLES JAMES HUZICKOSergeant · June 25, 1968
- JOHN MIRICHSpecialist Five · January 16, 1969
- WALTER BRUCE HOXWORTHSergeant · March 8, 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.