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RODNEY ROBERT ROGERS
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
November 22, 1947 – January 9, 1970
Service recordRodney Robert Rogers, of Kewanee, Illinois, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on January 9, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 20
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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CA GRP COM ACT 3 MF
- Born
- November 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Kewanee, Illinois (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 20
- RAYMOND ALLEN MAYStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1970
- DENNIS LEE PEEKFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1970
- DANNY JOHN PETERSENSpecialist Four · January 9, 1970
- RICARDO SERENILPrivate First Class · January 9, 1970
From Kewanee
- DONALD EUGENE JONESCorporal · March 19, 1967
- JAMES LAYMAN VERHELSTLance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD WERDERMANLance Corporal · June 18, 1967
- DAN E BRYANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- WARREN ROBERT ORR JRCaptain · May 12, 1968
- MARTIN JOSEPH RAPCZAKSergeant · May 23, 1968
- ALLAN CAMERON BENSONSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- CHARLES IRVIN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1969
- ALAN CHARLES DECRAENEFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1970
- WILLIAM MARSHALL PRICEFirst Lieutenant · October 12, 1972
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.