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ROGER CHARLES LEWIS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 14, 1946 – August 21, 1967
Service recordRoger Charles Lewis, of Caledonia, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 24
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
- Fire Support Specialist (13F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C BTRY 1 BN 44 ARTY
- Born
- February 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Caledonia, Minnesota (Houston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 24
- RICHARD ALAN MCCORMICKCorporal · August 21, 1967
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- MERWIN LAMPHREY MORRILLLieutenant Colonel · August 21, 1967
- DAIN VANDERLIN SCOTTLieutenant Commander · August 21, 1967
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.