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ROGER DALE SHULER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 6, 1947 – January 13, 1969
Service recordRoger Dale Shuler, of Gastonia, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 85
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Gastonia, North Carolina (Gaston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1969; three of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 35W, Line 85
- JAMES RICHARD ROBERTSSergeant · January 13, 1969
- DEWITT STUDWAY JRSpecialist Five · January 13, 1969
- TERRY LEE TIPPERYSpecialist Four · January 13, 1969
- GARY PAUL TRYONSpecialist Five · January 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANK BALDWINSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 80
- VAUGHN ORMON DOTYSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 82
- WILLIE JUNIOR MARSHALLSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 83
From Gastonia
- MAUSBY EDWARD HYLEMANSpecialist Four · October 1, 1965
- CARL DUANE PRUITTPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- ROBERT STEVEN KEENERPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- DONALD TERRY HELTONSpecialist Four · April 3, 1967
- TONY LEE VAN WHITELance Corporal · September 7, 1967
- CARL HORACE WALL JRLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- MICHAEL YATES KEETERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- GLENN WILLIAM RAMEYPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- ROGER LYNN COUICKPrivate First Class · February 17, 1968
- ROBERT LEE TATECorporal · April 7, 1968
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.