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ROGER LEE WHINERY
Hospitalman · U.S. Navy
February 16, 1945 – June 1, 1967
Service recordRoger Lee Whinery, of Fredonia, Kansas, served as a Hospitalman in the U.S. Navy. He died on June 1, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Hospitalman (HN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- February 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Fredonia, Kansas (Wilson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 30
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1967
- JOSEPH ANDREW TOMKOCaptain · June 1, 1967
- SAMMIE J VOLLMARPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORDLance Corporal · June 2, 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.