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ROGER EDWARD HUESTIS
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
January 27, 1947 – December 14, 1967
Service recordRoger Edward Huestis, of North Merrick, New York, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 92
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. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Builder (BU)
- Born
- January 27, 1947
- Home of record
- North Merrick, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 14, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 92
- PHILIP STEPHEN HOLLAWAYLance Corporal · December 14, 1967
- GARY RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- PATRICK MICHAEL JORDANLance Corporal · December 14, 1967
- ARTHUR R KEELINGPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
From North Merrick
- PETER F GERSTENLAUERAirman First Class · January 10, 1969
- JAMES FRANCIS WESTPHALCorporal · January 6, 1970
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.