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ROGER DALE PARTINGTON
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
December 12, 1940 – November 1, 1969
Service recordRoger Dale Partington, of Sparta, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 1, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 15
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-53 A/D Qualified (I) (7564)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HMH 361 MAG 16 1 MAW
- Born
- December 12, 1940
- Home of record
- Sparta, Illinois (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 16W, Line 15
- JAMES ARTHUR ROSSSergeant First Class · November 1, 1969
- WILLIAM DAVID SIROCCO JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1969
- HERSHEL CLIFFORD SMITHCorporal · November 1, 1969
- CHARLES ROY TIPTONSergeant First Class · November 1, 1969
From Sparta
- TERRY LEE DOUGLASPrivate · July 28, 1968
- ROBERT JOE BOWLINSergeant · January 7, 1969
- DONALD EUGENE PARSONSLieutenant Colonel · February 6, 1969
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.