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MICHAEL DEAN ROGERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 5, 1948 – December 1, 1968
Service recordMichael Dean Rogers, of Asheville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 19
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Asheville, North Carolina (Buncombe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 37W, Line 19
- TULLIE ROSCOE SMITH JRPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL STANDEFORDSergeant · December 1, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD STUTTSPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
- RICHARD DEAN WALLACEPrivate First Class · December 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS EARL ALFORD IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 16
- CURTIS RAY CRUMPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 16
- ROGER ALLEN HOLTECorporal · Panel 37W, Line 16
- JERRY ALLEN KISERCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 17
- TULLIE ROSCOE SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 19
- JAMES MICHAEL STANDEFORDSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 19
- RICHARD DEAN WALLACEPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 19
From Asheville
- DON JOSEPH YORKCaptain · July 14, 1962
- CARL EDWARD MCBEELance Corporal · June 6, 1965
- ULYSSES ALFORDStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- JAMES E PAYTONSergeant · January 8, 1967
- JOHNNY LEE BRUTONPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- EVERETTE EUGENE HARDINGPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- WILLIAM WINIFRED YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- FLOYD HOLIFIELD JRFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM T EDGERTON JRSergeant · October 12, 1967
- MAURICE STEPHEN ELLISSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
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.