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ROGER EARL FOREMAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 4, 1947 – July 18, 1969
Service recordRoger Earl Foreman, of New Town, North Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1969, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 14
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1947
- Home of record
- New Town, North Dakota (Mountrail County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 14
- LAWRENCE ALAN ESTERLYLance Corporal · July 18, 1969
- RODNEY JOHN EVANSSergeant · July 18, 1969
- DAVID LYNN HASTINGSSergeant · July 18, 1969
- RICHARD LEWIS HUPP JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT FRANKLIN AMRHEINSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 13
- RICHARD LEWIS HUPP JRPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 14
- THOMAS LEO WISNIOWICZPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 17
From New Town
- JAMES M LEVINGSSergeant · May 23, 1968
- BYRON KENT KULLANDFirst Lieutenant · April 2, 1972
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.