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ROGER DALE CHILDERS
Airman · U.S. Navy
January 10, 1948 – September 13, 1966
Service recordRoger Dale Childers, of Barboursville, West Virginia, served as an Airman in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 13, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 90
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. Navy
- Rank
- Airman (AN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Ordnanceman (AO)
- Born
- January 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Barboursville, West Virginia (Cabell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 13, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date September 13, 1966; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 90
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- LAWRENCE THOMAS BORDENSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- ROBERT ELMER BRYANTCorporal · September 13, 1966
- CHARLES PAUL ELLISPrivate First Class · September 13, 1966
From Barboursville
- JAMES GRAYSON BERRYSpecialist Four · October 10, 1965
- ARTHUR NELLO MCMELLONStaff Sergeant · December 1, 1965
- LARRY DALE SCARBERRYPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- HARRY CARLYLE MCMICKENPrivate First Class · July 23, 1967
- GEORGE F EUBANKSSergeant · December 7, 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.