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ROGER ALLEN DEDIE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 13, 1948 – November 24, 1969
Service recordRoger Allen Dedie, of Vicksburg, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1969, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 116
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Vicksburg, Michigan (Kalamazoo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 116
- REXFORD JOHN DEWISPELAEREChief Master Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- PHILLIP ALLEN DUNCANSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
- CHARLES RICHARD FELLENZChief Master Sergeant · November 24, 1969
- LAURENCE ATWOOD YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 24, 1969
From Vicksburg
- DONALD YOUNG SCARBERRYSpecialist Four · May 27, 1969
- DARRELL DUANE TAYLORPrivate First Class · August 22, 1969
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.