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ROGER DALE WRIGHT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 7, 1950 – August 20, 1969
Service recordRoger Dale Wright, of Roxie, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 84
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Roxie, Mississippi (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 84
- JOHN WILLIAM WILSONPrivate First Class · August 20, 1969
- DAVID RICHARD BAKERSergeant · August 21, 1969
- JAMES HENRY BROWN JRPrivate First Class · August 21, 1969
- THOMAS LEOPOLD BUSCH IIILance Corporal · August 21, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD PATRICK ALBERTCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 76
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.