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ROGER DORSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 22, 1942 – May 10, 1966
Service recordRoger Dorsey, of Augusta, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 45
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Augusta, Georgia (Richmond County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 93 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 45
- CSABA FERENC BOROMISSZALance Corporal · May 10, 1966
- TEE WALLACE DECKERSeaman · May 10, 1966
- JOHN JAMES MCCLOSKEYSergeant · May 10, 1966
- PATRICK CHARLES MCCLUSKEYCorporal · May 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARVIN HOMER DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 44
From Augusta
- WILLIAM JEFFERSON LINDSEYPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- TOMMIE GARRETTCorporal · December 18, 1965
- PAUL EUGENE SWIMPlatoon Sergeant · May 8, 1966
- PHILLIP MALCOLM PIERCE JRPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- PHILLIP JACOB MOOGSecond Lieutenant · August 10, 1966
- HOWARD D ULMER JRFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
- WILLIAM FORSYTH SPERRYSpecialist Four · November 13, 1966
- ROBERT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE INGLETTPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
- WILLIAM D SIZEMORESergeant First Class · June 28, 1967
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.