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ROGER C HALLBERG
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 18, 1944 – March 24, 1967
Service recordRoger C Hallberg, of Palo Alto, California, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 24, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 35
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- September 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Palo Alto, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 24, 1967
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1967; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17E, Line 35
- JOHN COOLEY ELLISONCaptain · March 24, 1967
- SAMUEL GALLMAN IIILance Corporal · March 24, 1967
- FRANK RODNEY HOLLANDCorporal · March 24, 1967
- WILLIAM BYARD HOLLOWELLCaptain · March 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JACK THOMAS STEWARTMajor · Panel 17E, Line 40
From Palo Alto
- GORDON LEE PAGEColonel · March 7, 1966
- RODNEY CLEVELAND UPCHURCHPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- KIERAN JOHN STARRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- DAVID JOHN UCKERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- RICHARD ARLAN STONESergeant · November 6, 1967
- DON PRIENSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL DURYEA LEEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH SCALISESergeant First Class · December 21, 1968
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.