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ROGER DALE DAVENPORT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 13, 1952 – November 12, 1971
Service recordRoger Dale Davenport, of Irving, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 66
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Supply Specialist (76J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- September 13, 1952
- Home of record
- Irving, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In November 1971, 109 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 66
- DANNY THOMAS JETTSpecialist Five · November 11, 1971
- PAULINO FRANC JIMENEZ-ROIGPrivate First Class · November 11, 1971
- WILLIAM ELVIN SUMMERSFirst Sergeant · November 11, 1971
- ERIC GARY HEROLDCaptain · November 12, 1971
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD JUNIOR RITCHSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 67
From Irving
- WILLIAM MICHAEL CAINPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS GLENN MODISETTESergeant · May 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALONZO PARADISEMaster Sergeant · September 4, 1967
- VARDE WESTON SMITH IIICorporal · September 4, 1967
- ARLON DANIEL WALL JRAirman First Class · September 9, 1967
- CLARENCE LOUIS HARLOWPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- ROBERT OLEN BUCKNER JRPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- CARL WAYNE DORRIESPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- HERMAN A MILLER IIPetty Officer Third Class · August 11, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER AARONPrivate · August 14, 1968
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.