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ROGER GUY HOLLER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1949 – January 16, 1971
Service recordRoger Guy Holler, of Buffalo Mills, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 49
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Buffalo Mills, Pennsylvania (Bedford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1971; five of them were lost in Binh Thuy Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 49
- HERBERT STEPHEN HINSONSergeant · January 16, 1971
- MARTIN JIM JRPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
- PAUL EDWARD LEARY JRMajor · January 16, 1971
- CARLTON JOSEPH MENDALLFirst Lieutenant · January 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DEWAINE LAWRENCE BRICKMANCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 47
- NOEL BARBARO HERNANDEZCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 48
- WILLIAM HASSELL THIGPENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 51
- JOHNNY NEWTON WARD JRCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 51
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.