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ROGER EUGENE KEY
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 8, 1947 – January 21, 1970
Service recordRoger Eugene Key, of Jasper, Alabama, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 21, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 52
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Jasper, Alabama (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 21, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date January 21, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 52
- MICHAEL GEORGE FOUTZSecond Lieutenant · January 21, 1970
- THOMAS MARK GAITHERCorporal · January 21, 1970
- PEDRO ACEVEDO GONZALEZSpecialist Four · January 21, 1970
- WILLIAM ELMER HAGGARDCorporal · January 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLAUD ALBERT DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 51
- TERRANCE LEE DREASpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 51
- THOMAS MARK GAITHERCorporal · Panel 14W, Line 52
- PEDRO ACEVEDO GONZALEZSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 52
- JOHN CURTIS KROEGERSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 53
- KENNETH RICHARD KROEHLERStaff Sergeant · Panel 14W, Line 53
- FLOYD SANFORD MCCREERYSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 54
- LARRY DONNELL MURRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 54
- JOHN DAVID FREDRICK PIESSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 54
- ROBERT HOYT RUGGLESPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 55
- JEROME ROBERT SAINPrivate First Class · Panel 14W, Line 55
- KERRY LAMONT TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 56
From Jasper
- DAVID ZOHLEEH NARAMORE JRSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- DAVID LETCHER MCDONALDSergeant · June 21, 1968
- JAMES ARLIE WOODSPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- ALVIN ROBERT ELENBURGSpecialist Four · May 10, 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.