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LESTER A ROGERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 23, 1936 – February 28, 1966
Service recordLester A Rogers, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 91
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Infantry Unit Commander (81542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 23, 1936
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 28, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date February 28, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 91
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- JOHN HENRY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- CHARLES WAYNE SIMSCorporal · February 28, 1966
- CLIFTON LEE TARTPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS J MCGEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 88
- ALBERT C ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 90
- CLARK NEWELL WOODWORTH JRCaptain · Panel 5E, Line 92
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
- DANIEL LEON MORTLance Corporal · July 17, 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.