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ROGER GERHARD BOVE
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
July 18, 1940 – July 13, 1969
Service recordRoger Gerhard Bove, of Arlington, Virginia, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 13, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 110
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
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1100)
- Born
- July 18, 1940
- Home of record
- Arlington, Virginia (Arlington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 110
- JAMES WILLIAM THIBAULTCorporal · July 12, 1969
- JOHN CLANNAHAN USILTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 12, 1969
- DANIEL LEONARD WAGENAARPrivate First Class · July 12, 1969
- STEVEN WAYNE BRADBURYSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
From Arlington
- DAVID WEBSTERMajor · March 10, 1963
- THOMAS THEODORE MCLARNONSergeant · May 29, 1965
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN HENRY FULCHERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- KEITH ALLEN CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · February 8, 1967
- JAMES DOHERTY HUNTERFirst Lieutenant · February 21, 1967
- GEORGE ELLIS BYRDPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- ROBERT HENRY OSBORN JONESAirman First Class · February 27, 1967
- LEROY PRESTON BOHRERMajor · March 9, 1967
- ANDREW THOMAS CASTELDASpecialist Four · March 12, 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.