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ROGER LEE BATT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 4, 1948 – January 14, 1968
Service recordRoger Lee Batt, of Rochelle, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 14, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 47
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Rochelle, Illinois (Ogle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 14, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 97 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 47
- ROBERT ANDREW WOZNIAKPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- HUBBARD DON COBBPlatoon Sergeant · January 14, 1968
- ANDREW COCALance Corporal · January 14, 1968
- EMILE COLEStaff Sergeant · January 14, 1968
From Rochelle
- ARTHUR GENE RICHARDSONFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1963
- ARNOLD EDWARD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 16, 1967
- NORMAN GENE CATESPrivate First Class · November 1, 1968
- JOHN MACARTHUR PAGESecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1969
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.