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RODGER ALAN VANDERGRIFF
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 4, 1949 – May 12, 1969
Service recordRodger Alan Vandergriff, of Knoxville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 12, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 89
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Knoxville, Tennessee (Knox County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 39 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 89
- BERTALAN JAMES TOTHSergeant First Class · May 12, 1969
- ESTEBAN ANGEL TREVINO JRLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
- PRESTON TRIBBLE JRSergeant · May 12, 1969
- MICHAEL RAYMOND TUCKERStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
From Knoxville
- GARY D SMITHPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- WAYNE THOMAS LONGPrivate · December 27, 1965
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · January 30, 1966
- TOMMY EDWARD HILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT MCLEMOREPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- DONALD RICHARD LUMLEYSecond Lieutenant · March 4, 1966
- JESSE J COFFEYSergeant · April 1, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM WOOLIVERLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- JOHN HENRY MORGANPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
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.