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ROGER CHARLES HEARNS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
April 30, 1947 – October 13, 1967
Service recordRoger Charles Hearns, of Paw Paw, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 13, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 101
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- April 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Paw Paw, Michigan (Van Buren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 13, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 101
- CHARLES MILTON HOUSERMajor · October 13, 1967
- ANGEL IRIZARRY-HERNANDEZSpecialist Six · October 13, 1967
- STANLEY JESSE KERRSergeant · October 13, 1967
- MELVIN FRANCIS SINKCorporal · October 13, 1967
From Paw Paw
- JAMES ALAN MAXAMPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- DONALD EUGENE SLATERPrivate First Class · May 4, 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.