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ROGER HOWARD SPARKS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 15, 1945 – May 3, 1968
Service recordRoger Howard Sparks, of Bellingham, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 29
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 15, 1945
- Home of record
- Bellingham, Washington (Whatcom County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 29
- SCOTT DOUGLAS REEDPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- GEORGE JAMES SINGLETONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- JULIAN SOLIZCorporal · May 3, 1968
- JAMES RUSSELL SOUTHEYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRIAN GREGORY HUGHESSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 25
- HERMAN JACKSONSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 26
- ROBERT PATRICK JOHNSTONSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 26
- CHARLES WILLIAM KINNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 26
From Bellingham
- JOHN EVERETT HIGMANPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- ALAN MICHAEL TANGUAYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1966
- JOHN MORTON ROPERMajor · November 29, 1966
- ANTON THOMAS BORNSTEINSpecialist Four · May 19, 1967
- MARK ROSS EVERETTSpecialist Four · July 2, 1967
- DONALD THOMAS STEINBRUNNERMajor · July 20, 1967
- DEWAIN V DUBBPrivate First Class · November 6, 1967
- RAINER SYLVESTER RAMOSChief Warrant Officer 3 · January 9, 1968
- PAUL REX COMBSSpecialist Four · January 21, 1968
- JOHN MICHAEL ODELLSecond Lieutenant · April 30, 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.