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ROGER KEITH HOOSIER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 16, 1947 – March 16, 1967
Service recordRoger Keith Hoosier, of Campbellsville, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 91
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Campbellsville, Kentucky (Taylor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 91
- FREDERIC READ CHESEBROUGHSecond Lieutenant · March 16, 1967
- CHARLEY EDWARD GUNNLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE HARPER JRSergeant · March 16, 1967
- LARRY EUGENE HARTLance Corporal · March 16, 1967
From Campbellsville
- DAVID MICHAEL BERTRAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- ALTON RAY PHILLIPSSergeant · June 15, 1969
- MARSHALL KEENE JONESSergeant · August 20, 1970
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.