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ROGER GENE KIDWELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1949 – January 14, 1970
Service recordRoger Gene Kidwell, of Front Royal, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 33
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Front Royal, Virginia (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 33
- GILBERT ALBERT BENAIMPrivate First Class · January 14, 1970
- WILLIAM LEONARDCorporal · January 14, 1970
- REINALD SANTIAGO-CASTILLO JRSpecialist Four · January 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY WILLIAM MORRISSpecialist Four · Panel 14W, Line 34
From Front Royal
- DELANEY ERNEST MILLER JRPlatoon Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM DAVISCorporal · July 6, 1966
- JOSEPH LEVI SEEKFORDPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- PHILIP EUGENE PENNINGTONSergeant · May 6, 1968
- LARRY EDWARD CURRYPrivate · July 15, 1968
- WILLIAM THOMAS RECTOR JRPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
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.