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ROGER DALE HARTNESS
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 28, 1949 – July 10, 1970
Service recordRoger Dale Hartness, of Hulbert, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on July 10, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 7
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Hulbert, Oklahoma (Cherokee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1970; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 7
- VICTOR LEE DEFOORCorporal · July 10, 1970
- JOE B DELAPHIANOLance Corporal · July 10, 1970
- PAUL JERRY FOUCHESpecialist Four · July 10, 1970
- DANIEL RICHARD HIVELYSergeant · July 10, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL JERRY FOUCHESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 7
- DONNY JOE BRASWELLCorporal · Panel 8W, Line 8
- JOHN SAMUELS MYERSStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 8
From Hulbert
- WILLIAM ARCHIE GRITTSCorporal · June 13, 1968
- THOMAS LEON MCKINZIECorporal · October 17, 1968
- RONALD JAMES KRIEGSpecialist Four · July 10, 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.