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ROGER CARL BANGERT
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 24, 1945 – January 22, 1969
Service recordRoger Carl Bangert, of Albert Lea, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 22, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 55
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
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 24, 1945
- Home of record
- Albert Lea, Minnesota (Freeborn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 22, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date January 22, 1969; six of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 55
- JOHN WESLEY VOWLESPrivate First Class · January 21, 1969
- MICHAEL JAMES WHITESpecialist Four · January 21, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH WILEYPrivate · January 21, 1969
- CHARLES HASKELL AYRESFirst Lieutenant · January 22, 1969
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH DUANE BROWNLEESpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 56
- CORNELIOUS P DUKELOW IIPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 57
- RAMON N HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 58
- RICKY LYNN WIKLESpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 59
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS WEEKSPrivate First Class · Panel 34W, Line 62
From Albert Lea
- RICHARD DUANE ODAFFERHospitalman · February 19, 1968
- BARRY ALLEN OLSONSergeant First Class · September 26, 1968
- BILLY DEAN WEITZELSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD BARNICKSpecialist Four · October 28, 1969
- JAMES LESLIE NELSONSpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
- STEVEN LYNN GREENPrivate First Class · January 2, 1970
- BYRON ALLEN BANGERTCorporal · March 2, 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.