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ROGER CHARLES ANDERSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 29, 1947 – August 24, 1968
Service recordRoger Charles Anderson, of Palestine, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Palestine, Illinois (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 59
- MICHAEL ALBERICILance Corporal · August 24, 1968
- EDWARD RAY ARNWINEPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- CARL LEE BORGENSpecialist Four · August 24, 1968
- DONALD PATRICK CALDWELLFirst Lieutenant · August 24, 1968
From Palestine
- THOMAS ALVIN JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.