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ROGER ALLAN PETERSEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 8, 1947 – October 14, 1966
Service recordRoger Allan Petersen, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 14, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 74
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
- February 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Minnehaha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 74
- WOODWARD S HATFIELD JRHospitalman · October 14, 1966
- DARRELL ASA JACKSONPrivate First Class · October 14, 1966
- DAVID HAROLD MUELLERSpecialist Four · October 14, 1966
- ROBERT L PRUHSWarrant Officer 1 · October 14, 1966
From Sioux Falls
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS CLARK KNUTSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- PAUL OLYNN EVANSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- RONALD RA VANREGENMORTERCaptain · January 12, 1967
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- SAMUEL FANTLE IIICaptain · January 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DAVID MARKSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- DONNY RAMON KIDDChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 4, 1968
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.