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ROGER JAMES CARR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 8, 1948 – July 29, 1970
Service recordRoger James Carr, of Fullerton, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 65
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 65
- STEPHEN WAYNE BANCROFTCorporal · July 29, 1970
- JACK HOWARD DILLONSpecialist Five · July 29, 1970
- JAMES KENNETH EMCHChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 29, 1970
- NICK ULYSSES FLEENERSpecialist Five · July 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LEE THOMAS BAIZSpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 64
- RONALD FRANK PERSYNStaff Sergeant · Panel 8W, Line 67
- GARY LEE ROSEPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 67
From Fullerton
- THOMAS HOWARD HAWKINGFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1966
- BYRON HALEY BUSHAYStaff Sergeant · November 4, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 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.