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ROGER ELGIN WARD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 20, 1946 – April 5, 1968
Service recordRoger Elgin Ward, of Spring Lake, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Spring Lake, Michigan (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1968; ten of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. 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 48E, Line 21
- JOHN PHILIP SUPPLEWarrant Officer 1 · April 5, 1968
- ROBERT R THOMPSONSergeant · April 5, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM TIMMChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 5, 1968
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · April 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS GRANT BAILEYPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 14
- VANCE ALYN BERRYSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 14
- PATRICK J CONROYSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 15
- ROBERT EDWARD GIRSCHSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 16
- CEPHUS GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 16
- CARL E HOSNANDERCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 17
- ERNEST ALPHONSO LANGStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 18
- DOUGLAS DUANE MCMAHONPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 18
- JOHN ROBERT PIERINIPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 19
- NORMAN EUGENE SMALLCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 20
- BRUCE TORTORICISergeant · Panel 48E, Line 21
- FRED YOUNGStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 22
From Spring Lake
- JOSEPH ALAN HOEKERSpecialist Four · September 14, 1969
- ERNEST LAWRENCE MOORESergeant · May 10, 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.