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ROGER CHARLES COLLETTE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 7, 1945 – May 4, 1966
Service recordRoger Charles Collette, of New Iberia, Louisiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 23
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 7, 1945
- Home of record
- New Iberia, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 23
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- GEORGE ARTHUR CLARKChief Warrant Officer 3 · May 4, 1966
- ROBERT LEE CLARKPrivate First Class · May 4, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS CONCANNONSpecialist Four · May 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BARRAGYMajor · Panel 7E, Line 22
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 23
- ROBERT LEE CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 23
- JOHN FRANCIS CONCANNONSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 23
- J D HARRELLMaster Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 25
- GENE HAWTHORNEStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 25
- MALAKIA JACKSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 26
- MICHAEL SIMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 27
- JOSEPH J SWAYZEPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 27
- ROBERT EUGENE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 27
- ROBERT ALLEN FENTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 28
- EARNEST ALFRED TUCKER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 28
- HARDEN BERT WALKERFirst Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 28
From New Iberia
- KENNETH LEE FREITAGHospitalman · May 2, 1966
- PERRY EDDISON THOMPSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES ELDRIDGEPetty Officer Second Class · December 13, 1968
- GLENN BURLEIGH RAOPrivate First Class · February 26, 1969
- JAMES WILLIAM GRACEMajor · June 14, 1969
- LARRY JOSEPH LONCONSpecialist Four · April 27, 1970
- DANNIE FITCHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1970
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.