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ROGER DALE PUCKETT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 17, 1947 – February 1, 1968
Service recordRoger Dale Puckett, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 59
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Construction And Utilities Worker (51A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- ENGINEERING CMD
- Born
- August 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Bowling Green, Kentucky (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “ENGINEERING CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 59
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- MAXIE ROSS RICECorporal · February 1, 1968
- KENNETH LEE ROGERSSergeant · February 1, 1968
- TOMMY GERALD SANDEFURChief Warrant Officer 2 · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EARL JOHNSTON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 52
- GILBERT RAY LISHSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 54
From Bowling Green
- JOHN WILLIAM MILLERLance Corporal · October 8, 1966
- BOBBY LEE HAYESStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1967
- LARRY CLAY DYELance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- JEFFREY WALLACE GREENFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD SWEATTPrivate First Class · March 7, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBERTSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- SHERRILL NEWTON HERALDSergeant · October 4, 1968
- PAUL ELLIS GARRETTLieutenant Colonel · March 8, 1969
- JOHN FRANKLIN ALLENPrivate First Class · March 19, 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.