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ROGER ALLEN FESSENDEN
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 29, 1945 – May 7, 1968
Service recordRoger Allen Fessenden, of Hanover Park, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 29, 1945
- Home of record
- Hanover Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 22
- WAYNE CLIFTON CYRStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1968
- STEVEN FREDERICK DAVISPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES DEIKEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- JAMES DONALD FEUCHTLance Corporal · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AMBROSE WILKIE J CLAY JRSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 21
- WAYNE CLIFTON CYRStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 22
- JAMES WOOD GRANTSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 24
- WAYNE PAUL PUMASergeant · Panel 56E, Line 30
- GEORGE THOMAS LLOY WALKERCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 33
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.