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ROGER ALLEN PEDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1951 – March 29, 1971
Service recordRoger Allen Pederson, of Elk Mound, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 92
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- May 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Elk Mound, Wisconsin (Dunn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1971; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 92
- ROBERT MARSHALL GRIBBLEFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1971
- TERREL OLIN KIMBERStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1971
- LESTER JAMES MOEPetty Officer First Class · March 29, 1971
- BARRY ARTHUR RHASHWarrant Officer 1 · March 29, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GAYLE COXSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 91
From Elk Mound
- RAYMOND ROGER DEMOEPrivate First Class · March 25, 1967
- JAMES MICHAEL ARRIESPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
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.