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ROGER JOHN KOJETIN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 11, 1949 – January 10, 1972
Service recordRoger John Kojetin, of Great Falls, Montana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 95
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Great Falls, Montana (Cascade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1972
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1972; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1972, 47 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 95
- MICHAEL SCHMIDTFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1971
- RAUL LOSOYASergeant · January 6, 1972
- STANLEY CHARLES PERRIGOPrivate First Class · January 6, 1972
- DAN ARTHUR BOLSTERAirman First Class · January 7, 1972
- STEPHAN ANDREW DAVISSpecialist Four · January 9, 1972
From Great Falls
- WILLIAM MURRE CHRISTENSENLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- JOE DAVID KEGLEYPrivate First Class · July 27, 1966
- ROGER PAUL RICHARDSONCaptain · March 9, 1967
- STEPHEN CARL NELSONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- JOSEPH GORDON KLEMENCICPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- LYLE ALBERT JOHNSONCaptain · October 5, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL JOHNSONPrivate First Class · July 13, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANC HENDRICKSONFirst Lieutenant · July 25, 1968
- GLENN CHARLES FISHSergeant · August 27, 1968
- FRANKLIN NEWTON CURLStaff Sergeant · November 9, 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.