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KENNETH FAULKNER ROGERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 21, 1946 – May 12, 1970
Service recordKenneth Faulkner Rogers, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 28
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer Unit Commander (1331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1970; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HHC 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 28
- ROBERT FRANCIS PREISS JRStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1970
- JAMES HILTON RAWSONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1970
- MICHAEL WAYNE RAYSpecialist Five · May 12, 1970
- STEVEN RAY RENNERSpecialist Five · May 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARROLL EDWARD ADAMS JRBrigadier General · Panel 10W, Line 21
- GLENN ARTHUR ADAMSChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 10W, Line 21
- JAMES HILTON RAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 28
- STEVEN RAY RENNERSpecialist Five · Panel 10W, Line 28
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.