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JOHN AVERY ROGERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 1, 1948 – January 19, 1968
Service recordJohn Avery Rogers, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 19, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 82
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- August 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Chattanooga, Tennessee (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 19, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 82
- FRANKLIN ELLWOOD SOLLARSPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- EDWARD ODELL SPENCERPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- CHARLES WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- HOBART MCKINLEY WALLACE JRLieutenant Colonel · January 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD BAKERSergeant · Panel 34E, Line 73
- JOSEPH FRANCIS DECROSTASpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 75
- RANDOLPH ROBERT JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 78
- LESLIE DAVID MATCHETTSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 79
- CHARLES WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 82
From Chattanooga
- JIMMY RICHARD GRIFFINSergeant · March 22, 1963
- GEORGE WILLIS MARTINSergeant First Class · October 11, 1964
- ARTHUR EUGENE NORMANAirman Second Class · January 16, 1965
- GLENN HOWELL KELLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- JAMES T GRAYSergeant · April 24, 1965
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- KENNETH LEON STANCILChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 28, 1965
- ELIJAH GOAR TOLLETT JRMajor · January 12, 1966
- RAPHNELL J MERONEYSergeant · January 29, 1966
- BILLY BROWN DAYPrivate · February 22, 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.