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ROGER DEAN ADAMS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 19, 1946 – July 2, 1967
Service recordRoger Dean Adams, of Ashland, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 2, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 96
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- March 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Ashland, Ohio (Ashland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1967; 93 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 96
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE BEASLEYPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- RONALD BOSTONCorporal · July 2, 1967
- CHARLES W BOWERSOX JRLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL BRADLEYLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
From Ashland
- LARRY WAYNE KANEPrivate First Class · February 7, 1968
- ELDON JOHN KIRKPATRICK JRPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- RICHARD PAUL LONGPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- JAMES STEPHENSPrivate First Class · February 11, 1969
- KENNETH RICHARD HEIFNERPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- EARL ERNEST ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1969
- JEFFREY CHARLES KEETLECorporal · March 23, 1971
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.