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RODGER LEE EGOLF
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 4, 1944 – February 23, 1966
Service recordRodger Lee Egolf, of Columbia City, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 23, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 65
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
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Unit (as recorded)
- F BTRY 2 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- July 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Columbia City, Indiana (Whitley County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 65
- CHARLES E DYSON JRSergeant · February 23, 1966
- HONDAH DOVE ELPrivate First Class · February 23, 1966
- MATTHEW HOUGHStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
From Columbia City
- REINO ARNE PANULAStaff Sergeant · December 30, 1964
- JAMES RAY PARRETTPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
- LYNN ARDEN HARRISSpecialist Four · January 8, 1967
- DALE EDWARD MILLSSpecialist Four · December 8, 1967
- EVERETT T CULPPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- RICKEY LEROY SCOTTCorporal · July 8, 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.