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ROBERT GENE ROGERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 27, 1949 – January 25, 1970
Service recordRobert Gene Rogers, of Paradise, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1970, in Bac Lieu Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Illumination Crewman (17E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Paradise, California (Butte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bac Lieu
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bac Lieu Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 66
- HAROLD VAN MANN JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1970
- DUANE JOSEPH MARHEFKASergeant · January 25, 1970
- JEFF MILLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
- DENNIS WAYNE SMITHSpecialist Five · January 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DAVID HECKSpecialist Five · Panel 14W, Line 65
From Paradise
- HAROLD EUGENE KNUDSEN JRFirst Lieutenant · September 14, 1966
- LIAM SOUEPH CASEYPrivate First Class · April 2, 1967
- DALE EVAN HILLPrivate First Class · April 28, 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.