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ROGER GALE JUSTUS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 1, 1944 – November 30, 1967
Service recordRoger Gale Justus, of Memphis, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 13
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)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1944
- Home of record
- Memphis, Texas (Hall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 13
- ANTHONY EDWARD KISUCKYFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
- BOBBY DALE LIKENSSergeant First Class · November 30, 1967
- NORMAN F LOEFFLER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1967
- LEON PETER MILLERSpecialist Four · November 30, 1967
From Memphis
- LEE ROY HODGESStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1967
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.