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ROGER BERNARD SCHAEFER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 29, 1948 – November 25, 1969
Service recordRoger Bernard Schaefer, of St Paul, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 123
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 29, 1948
- Home of record
- St Paul, Minnesota (Ramsey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1969; three of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 123
- EARL MICHAEL STANFORDSpecialist Five · November 25, 1969
- HECTOR VILLEGAS-VILASpecialist Four · November 25, 1969
- MARVIN ALDRID VOELKER JRPrivate First Class · November 25, 1969
- JON ANTHONY ALLENSpecialist Four · November 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD JAMES CORMIERPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 120
- ROBERT JOHN NADEAUStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 121
From St Paul
- RAYMOND CHARLES WILDEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- DAVID MICHAEL HALBAUERStaff Sergeant · October 13, 1965
- JOHN CALVIN ELZY IIIPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- ROBERT E WALDVOGELSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ARLIN ROGER JENSENSpecialist Four · November 19, 1965
- JOHN WALTER WILSON JRPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- KALE ARLAN SOLBERGPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOSEPH SAMUEL HERRONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- DAVID JOSEPH KERNPrivate First Class · April 1, 1966
- LAVERN GEORGE REILLYColonel · May 15, 1966
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.