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ROBERT LOUIS RODGERS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 20, 1948 – April 16, 1969
Service recordRobert Louis Rodgers, of Kirkwood, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 97
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Kirkwood, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1969; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 97
- WILLIAM MICHAEL KONYUWarrant Officer 1 · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT PAUL ROEHMERStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1969
- ROBERT W SATTERFIELDWarrant Officer 1 · April 16, 1969
- FREDRICK STANLEY SHAVELSpecialist Four · April 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- FREDRICK STANLEY SHAVELSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 97
From Kirkwood
- STEVEN COLE DRAKESecond Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- MARTIN BIONDOSpecialist Four · March 19, 1968
- JEROME RAWLINGSSpecialist Four · April 30, 1968
- UDELL CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · June 21, 1968
- CURRAN M JONESPetty Officer Third Class · April 21, 1969
- ROBERT PAGE ROSENBACHMajor · March 5, 1970
- JOHN WINFRED GOEGLEINMajor · June 30, 1970
- DONALD RENAY WORKMANCaptain · July 21, 1970
- CRAIG ALAN SCHMITZCorporal · August 31, 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.