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ROGER DALE WILLIAMS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1948 – May 24, 1968
Service recordRoger Dale Williams, of Roanoke, Virginia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 24, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 70E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 70E · Line 1
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Roanoke, Virginia (Roanoke (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1968; 23 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 70E, Line 1
- NICHOLAS SAMUEL VRANKOVICHLance Corporal · May 24, 1968
- DAVID HUGH WHITEHILLSecond Lieutenant · May 24, 1968
- FLOYD LEE WILLIAMS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 24, 1968
- JESSIE CHARLES ALBASergeant · May 25, 1968
From Roanoke
- LAWRENCE EARL HACKLEYCaptain · July 18, 1963
- MARSHALL JOSEPH ANGELLSpecialist Five · December 12, 1963
- LUTHER WILLIAM BURTONSergeant · November 1, 1965
- CLYDE RUSSEL HERMANSpecialist Four · November 6, 1965
- JOSEPH WHELTON BROWN IIICorporal · April 13, 1966
- JOHN ALPHONZO BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 4, 1966
- JAMES R MCILWEEPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- PAUL MARTIN REEDCorporal · August 23, 1966
- JOHN TYLER LOGANSergeant · September 30, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE WRIGHTSpecialist Four · October 24, 1966
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.