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ROGER DALE ROOT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 12, 1947 – August 21, 1967
Service recordRoger Dale Root, of Jenison, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 21, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Jenison, Michigan (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 25
- ARCHIE W MORRISSergeant · August 21, 1967
- THOMAS PETRAMALOSecond Lieutenant · August 21, 1967
- LYNN KESLER POWELLCaptain · August 21, 1967
- BENJAMIN ROMERO-DE-JESUSPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 21
- CLARENCE LAWRENCE CHASESpecialist Four · Panel 25E, Line 22
- LEROY LYNN GERBERSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 23
- ARCHIE W MORRISSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 25
- FREDERICK HOWARD TIMSSergeant · Panel 25E, Line 26
From Jenison
- RANDAL RAY AYLWORTHPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RICK EGGBURTUS MEDARISStaff Sergeant · November 4, 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.