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ROGER ALLEN SCARBROUGH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 26, 1950 – August 31, 1970
Service recordRoger Allen Scarbrough, of Dixon, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 31, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 28
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Dixon, Illinois (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 28
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGERTYCaptain · August 31, 1970
- GARY RAYMOND METZCorporal · August 31, 1970
- EDICTOR RIVERA-MONTESStaff Sergeant · August 31, 1970
- CRAIG ALAN SCHMITZCorporal · August 31, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LEE ERVINSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 26
From Dixon
- DENNIS EUGENE DAWSONCorporal · February 13, 1969
- PATRICK MARTIN DIXONFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1969
- MELVIN VERNON LEVANSpecialist Four · June 22, 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.