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ROGER DALE ATKINSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 22, 1946 – October 14, 1967
Service recordRoger Dale Atkinson, of Salem, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 14, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 105
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Salem, Virginia (Salem (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 105
- JOHN PAUL AVERYLance Corporal · October 14, 1967
- ROBERT ERLE BARDACHPetty Officer Second Class · October 14, 1967
- OLIVER BELL JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- ERIC CRAIG EGGESecond Lieutenant · October 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS COLSTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 107
From Salem
- WILLIAM WINTON WEBBSecond Lieutenant · June 5, 1966
- KESTER ULREYStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- FRANCIS SHERMAN OBERSONSpecialist Four · March 9, 1969
- DONNIE JAY BRAGGSergeant · December 15, 1969
- ROBERT MASON JOURNELL IIISpecialist Four · July 22, 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.