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ROGER ALLAN DAINS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
August 3, 1948 – April 22, 1968
Service recordRoger Allan Dains, of Ludington, Michigan, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 29
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Ludington, Michigan (Mason County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 29
- ALEXANDER CHISOLMLance Corporal · April 22, 1968
- WILLIAM CHOMYKFirst Lieutenant · April 22, 1968
- DAVID LEO COOLEYCommander · April 22, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR GREENFIELDSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY WATKINS BOOKERPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 28
- JERRY LABORN BOOKERSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 28
- SAMUEL MORALESSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 31
- RONALD EDWARD SPROUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 33
- THURMAN TRACY WALLSCorporal · Panel 51E, Line 34
- DANIEL EDWARD WOLFECorporal · Panel 51E, Line 35
From Ludington
- JAMES RAYMOND NELSONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1967
- RICHARD ROSS LANGECorporal · November 19, 1971
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.