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ROGER CLAIR MCCORD
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 21, 1947 – December 18, 1968
Service recordRoger Clair McCord, of Dunlap, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 41
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Dunlap, Iowa (Harrison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 41
- GREGORY INMAN BARRASColonel · December 18, 1968
- KENNETH BRUCE MILLHOUSESpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- RICHARD OLSONSpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
- ANGELO ANDREW PETRAGLIASpecialist Four · December 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES EDWARD SPARKSPrivate First Class · Panel 36W, Line 42
From Dunlap
- MICHAEL LEO HELLERPrivate First Class · February 20, 1970
- THOMAS FRANCIS DELEHANTSergeant First Class · May 21, 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.