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ROGER LARRY CORNETT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 24, 1944 – September 20, 1967
Service recordRoger Larry Cornett, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · 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
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 24, 1944
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 95
- BARRY HENNETT WILLIAMSLance Corporal · September 19, 1967
- JAMES LIONEL WOODSON JRPrivate First Class · September 19, 1967
- MAURICE P CHAPMAN JRPrivate First Class · September 20, 1967
- KENNETH IAN FINKELCorporal · September 20, 1967
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.