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ROBERT CHARLES ROGERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 3, 1948 – March 19, 1969
Service recordRobert Charles Rogers, of Plainfield, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 82
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Plainfield, Illinois (Will County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 82
- JESUS C OLETA JRSergeant · March 19, 1969
- DONALD LEWIS OLIVEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- WILLIAM DANIEL OVERSTREETSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- DAVID ROBERT RAYPetty Officer Second Class · March 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TERRY ROBERT MONIASpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 76
- JAMES GORDON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 79
- WILLIAM WARNER UTTSCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 85
From Plainfield
- CHARLES OWEN CRAIG JRLance Corporal · February 23, 1969
- FRED EMERY CARRINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · February 11, 1970
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.