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ROGER LEE VICKERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 4, 1942 – January 25, 1969
Service recordRoger Lee Vickers, of Springfield, Ohio, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 25, 1969, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 80
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 4, 1942
- Home of record
- Springfield, Ohio (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; six of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 80
- JOSEPH MICHAEL SCHMOLKEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- FRANK DONALD SMITHERMANPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- JERRY WAYNE TALLEYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- JON FREDERICK WARMBRODTSecond Lieutenant · January 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD ROY BELLWOODSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 73
- DENNIS ALLEN HOLZHEIMERSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 76
- JAMES ALFRED LUCKEYSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 77
- JAMES PATRICK RIGGINSSergeant · Panel 34W, Line 79
- JAY DEE RUMSEYCorporal · Panel 34W, Line 79
- CHARLES MINOR WOODALL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 34W, Line 81
From Springfield
- LEROY EUGENE SIMONSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- DONALD RAY BRYANTCaptain · June 27, 1966
- FREDERICK ALLEN WATHENSeaman Apprentice · July 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS BOYD HADDIXCorporal · August 10, 1966
- TERRY LEE WALLSCorporal · November 5, 1966
- STEVEN JACK ADAMSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- CARL FRANCIS MOWERYPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOSEPH CROSSLEYSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD RAYMOND BEANLance Corporal · May 9, 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.