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ROGER HORACE STEARNS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 4, 1941 – September 11, 1969
Service recordRoger Horace Stearns, of Boulder, Colorado, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 11, 1969, in Laos, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 73
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 4, 1941
- Home of record
- Boulder, Colorado (Boulder County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 73
- THOMAS LEROY SMITHCorporal · September 11, 1969
- JOHNNY LEE WARDSergeant · September 11, 1969
- PATRICK MICHAEL WARDCaptain · September 11, 1969
- PATRICK ANTHONY WHITTENPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
From Boulder
- MANFRED BERTOLD MILLERSpecialist Four · October 19, 1965
- GARY W PLATTStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1965
- LADD ROBERT CONDYSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES LAWLORAirman Second Class · September 4, 1966
- JAMES WILLIE ADKISSONStaff Sergeant · October 7, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT SHAPARDSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- CHARLES FRANK MCGOWENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- JAMES DOUGLAS PESCHELPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- DONN PETER ZARINASpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- SCOTT THOMAS NELSONWarrant Officer 1 · August 6, 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.