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ROGER LEE MAKI
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
March 2, 1947 – February 21, 1971
Service recordRoger Lee Maki, of Duluth, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 129 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 129
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Duluth, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 129
- RICHARD LEE MARTINSpecialist Four · February 21, 1971
- TERRY LEE NIELSENPrivate First Class · February 21, 1971
- ROBERT JAMES POTTSSergeant · February 21, 1971
- JOHN RAYMOND SELAKPrivate First Class · February 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD FRANCIS DOWNEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 128
- RICHARD LEE MARTINSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 129
From Duluth
- JAMES LEO DIERYCKCorporal · August 19, 1965
- DODD CLIFTON KELLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- BRUCE MARK JOHNSONSpecialist Five · June 21, 1966
- NORMAN WAYNE VINCENTPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- RICHARD JEROME VEDDERSergeant · March 17, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE PAWLOWICZPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- GARY WILLIAM HOGLUNDCaptain · May 17, 1967
- LEE BJARNE BUANPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- LARRY FRANK MARKUSPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
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.