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ROGER LEE SVIR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 1, 1950 – September 26, 1971
Service recordRoger Lee Svir, of Park River, North Dakota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1971, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 26
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Metal Working Assistant (44A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Park River, North Dakota (Walsh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phong Dinh Province that day. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 26
- STEVEN WAYNE NEVILLESpecialist Four · September 25, 1971
- KENNETH WARREN ELLISStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1971
- JOHN HENRY GREGORY JRMaster Sergeant · September 26, 1971
- WILLIS EUGENE KERLIN JRSergeant · September 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HENRY GREGORY JRMaster Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 26
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.