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ROGER DALE WILFONG
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 6, 1947 – October 27, 1967
Service recordRoger Dale Wilfong, of Cumberland, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 89
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Cumberland, Maryland (Allegany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 81 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 89
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- MICHAEL ZARBOCorporal · October 27, 1967
- PAUL DENNIS ABBOTTPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- DAVID BAKERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RODGER GLYNN BARNESCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 78
- GEORGE PATRICK BARRETTCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 78
- HORACE CANNCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 79
- EDWARD CHARITY JRSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 79
- WALTER A MARABLE JRSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 83
- DENNIS HOWARD GRANTSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 84
- HARRY MERLE MCNALLYSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 85
- ROBERT CHARLES RICESergeant · Panel 28E, Line 86
- JOHN ALLEN ROBERTSSergeant First Class · Panel 28E, Line 86
- DAVID LOUIS STOLLCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 87
- JUAN JESUS VILLALOBOSSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 88
From Cumberland
- FREDERICK NORMAN BAKERSpecialist Four · June 12, 1965
- WELLINGTON MARTIN DONAHUEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1966
- CHARLES E ARONHALT JRFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1967
- THOMAS JOHN MCMAHONPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JOHN DERWOOD SAVILLE JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- JOSEPH PATRICK ROWLEYSpecialist Four · October 8, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD GENTRYPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- THOMAS JACOB TORRINGTONLance Corporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EARL PROPSTPrivate First Class · April 13, 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.