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RICHARD LEO ROGERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 15, 1946 – December 14, 1968
Service recordRichard Leo Rogers, of Sudbury, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 23
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
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 15, 1946
- Home of record
- Sudbury, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 23
- MARK JAMES OBRIENPrivate First Class · December 14, 1968
- JOHN CLYDE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · December 14, 1968
- AINSLEY CUDIE SIMONSSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1968
- RICHARD SINCAVAGECorporal · December 14, 1968
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.