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ROGER DOUGLAS SAUX
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 22, 1946 – April 18, 1968
Service recordRoger Douglas Saux, of Taholah, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 22, 1946
- Home of record
- Taholah, Washington (Grays Harbor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 41
- STERLING G W RIDDICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- WILLIAM CLIFTON SHEARINPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 18, 1968
- JAMES VERDELL SOLOMONSpecialist Four · April 18, 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.