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ROGER LEE NEGER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 3, 1948 – April 17, 1968
Service recordRoger Lee Neger, of Fairfield, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 30
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Fairfield, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 17, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date April 17, 1968; 22 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 30
- JAMES LOUIS KELLERStaff Sergeant · April 17, 1968
- JEFFREY EARL LAMBERTCorporal · April 17, 1968
- FRANCIS WILLIAM LAMON JRPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- CHARLES THOMAS LANGENFELDPetty Officer Third Class · April 17, 1968
From Fairfield
- CHARLES EDWARD SAUERMajor · July 7, 1967
- THOMAS JAMES TINGLEYLance Corporal · December 30, 1967
- BRUCE MAYNARD THOMASPrivate First Class · January 9, 1968
- MARK CONSTANT CHENISFirst Lieutenant · October 17, 1968
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.