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ROGER DALE LEGG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 21, 1946 – March 11, 1970
Service recordRoger Dale Legg, of Charleston, West Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 11, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 112
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- August 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Charleston, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 112
- RODNEY GLENN HELSELCorporal · March 11, 1970
- GARY RAY LARGEPrivate First Class · March 11, 1970
- JOHN WALTER LUTTRELLSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
From Charleston
- CHARLES EDWIN HUDDLE JRCaptain · March 21, 1965
- JOHN ROBERT BALLFirst Lieutenant · June 19, 1965
- TIMOTHY MORGAN BLAKESecond Lieutenant · November 15, 1965
- CURTIS ESTILL BINIONFirst Lieutenant · July 5, 1966
- WILLIAM OMER HILLSpecialist Five · December 11, 1966
- JOHN LEE STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · January 11, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD BOGGSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- EDWARD WALLACE BROWN JRSergeant First Class · May 1, 1967
- JAMES ROBERT SIMMONSStaff Sergeant · October 14, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBERTSONPetty Officer Third Class · November 19, 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.