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ROGER L DUCE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 21, 1942 – May 10, 1968
Service recordRoger L Duce, of Granada Hills, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 15
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 21, 1942
- Home of record
- Granada Hills, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 15
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- EDMUND BAGWEL SCARBOROUGHCaptain · May 10, 1968
- VERLE JENNINGS SKIDMORELance Corporal · May 10, 1968
- WILLIAM C SPROULE JRFirst Lieutenant · May 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOE ED RILEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 58E, Line 14
From Granada Hills
- MICHAEL STEVEN UHLIGWarrant Officer 1 · February 16, 1967
- JOHN CORWIN YAGERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- PATRICK CARL GOLLIHERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1969
- GREGORY LLOYD RICESpecialist Four · January 14, 1969
- MALCOLM D WHITING IIIPrivate First Class · July 10, 1969
- ROBERT GLENN EASTONPetty Officer Second Class · July 16, 1969
- FREDERICK HARRY BARRETTCorporal · September 6, 1969
- LARRY DALE STROUSESpecialist Four · September 18, 1969
- RICHARD RAYMOND MANEMANNCorporal · November 2, 1969
- CARL WAYNE CROWESergeant First Class · May 26, 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.