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ROGER DALE HOLLIFIELD
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 7, 1948 – August 10, 1969
Service recordRoger Dale Hollifield, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 123
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 123
- JAMES CRAIG HARMONSergeant · August 10, 1969
- JOSEPH LEONARD HESSON IIIPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- JAMES GILBERT HILLIARDPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- RICHARD ARNO JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY ALAN SCHONFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 122
- LARRY DALE MCGHEESpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 125
- CARL ALFRED PETERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 125
- PAUL GEORGE PLACZEKCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 125
- JOHN STEVEN SERATTECorporal · Panel 20W, Line 127
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 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.