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ROGER DALE JUSTICE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 2, 1946 – November 5, 1968
Service recordRoger Dale Justice, of Cedar Lake, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 5, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 23
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Cedar Lake, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date November 5, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 23
- DEAN WILLIAM OLTMANSpecialist Four · November 5, 1968
- JEAN PIERRE V PELLICANOSergeant · November 5, 1968
- MICHAEL ROBERT RICHSecond Lieutenant · November 5, 1968
- JOSE GUADALUPE SANCHEZ JRCorporal · November 5, 1968
From Cedar Lake
- KENNETH ROBERT BRADLEYCorporal · February 28, 1968
- BILLIE RAY ACREESergeant · May 21, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER BIEDRONPrivate First Class · January 28, 1969
- DAVID CLARENCE BROWNSpecialist Four · June 7, 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.