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ROGER LEE HAWLEY
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 29, 1950 – March 28, 1969
Service recordRoger Lee Hawley, of Gallipolis, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 70
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Gallipolis, Ohio (Gallia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 70
- TERRY DURAND GRAHAMFirst Lieutenant · March 28, 1969
- ALVIN FLYNN GUNTERSergeant First Class · March 28, 1969
- KENNETH ROCKWELL HUGHESCaptain · March 28, 1969
- THEODORE EDWARD MOON JRPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
From Gallipolis
- CHARLES MARION NEAL JRLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
- ARCHIE ANDREW HAYMANCaptain · April 2, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE LEEPetty Officer First Class · February 16, 1972
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.