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ROGER DALE CECIL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 2, 1946 – July 14, 1967
Service recordRoger Dale Cecil, of Alma, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 69
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- May 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Alma, Arkansas (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “M CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 69
- RICARD THOMAS BUNNISLance Corporal · July 14, 1967
- KENNETH LEROY CULVEYPlatoon Sergeant · July 14, 1967
- WILLIE LOUIS DAVISPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- STEVE BRIAN FENKOPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
From Alma
- BILLY DALE LIVINGSTONLance Corporal · February 26, 1968
- WILLIAM ROBERT WILSONFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1969
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.