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ROGER LEE TROXELL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 20, 1940 – January 4, 1969
Service recordRoger Lee Troxell, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 36
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 19 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- October 20, 1940
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A CO 19 ENG BN USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 36
- BOBBY GENE NEELDColonel · January 4, 1969
- WILLIAM HUDSOL PLESSLance Corporal · January 4, 1969
- JOSEPH MCKINLEY RANKINSPrivate First Class · January 4, 1969
- THOMAS ALAN SHERMANSergeant · January 4, 1969
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.