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ROGER HENRY STROUT
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
July 9, 1943 – December 17, 1968
Service recordRoger Henry Strout, of Somerville, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 17, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 38
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- July 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Somerville, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 38
- GERALD JAMES SZOSZOREKSpecialist Four · December 17, 1968
- GEORGE ANTHONY WEAVERSergeant · December 17, 1968
- JOHN RICHARDS BABCOCKLieutenant (junior grade) · December 18, 1968
- GARY JON MEYERLieutenant · December 18, 1968
From Somerville
- THOMAS EDWARD MURRAYCorporal · December 29, 1965
- ROY JOHN HENDERSONPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- DANIEL BENJAMIN DUFFY JRCorporal · April 24, 1966
- WILLIAM DAVID HOLDENSergeant · February 16, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SHALLAHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- CLARK ALAN MILLERSpecialist Four · March 16, 1967
- KENNETH LAWRENCE GREENEPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate · August 9, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH MCNABBPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- JOHN DONALD KENNE MACLEANSergeant · February 4, 1968
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.