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ROGER LEE OLIVER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 15, 1947 – May 24, 1969
Service recordRoger Lee Oliver, of Sylacauga, Alabama, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 97
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 15, 1947
- Home of record
- Sylacauga, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 97
- JOHN NILES MCCARTHYSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- GARY ARNOLD NEAVORSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- THOMAS PATRICK ODEASpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- JOHN HERBERT PLATTPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
From Sylacauga
- ANDREW C EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS LESLIE GORDONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE GARDNERSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- JOHNNIE RAY COMPTONPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- PERRY OWEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- SAMUEL LEE MCAPHEEMaster Sergeant · July 29, 1971
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.