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JOHN ROGER POWERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 19, 1947 – April 25, 1970
Service recordJohn Roger Powers, of Chehalis, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 52
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Chehalis, Washington (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11W, Line 52
- JOSEPH LORAN NUNNSergeant · April 25, 1970
- ROBERT LIVINGSTON PIERCEWarrant Officer 1 · April 25, 1970
- MASON ERWIN RAGLANDPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
- SCOTTY HENRY RHEAPrivate First Class · April 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ARMAND ERVIN RISTINENStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 53
From Chehalis
- HARRY D LUNDPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- ALLEN HENRY MARINSICSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- LARRY JOHN WALTERMANPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- LESLIE EUGENE MURRAYPetty Officer Second Class · March 1, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL HOGUESpecialist Four · July 23, 1968
- RONALD DEAN DESKINSSpecialist Four · April 3, 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.