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ROGER LYNN MCRIGHT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 16, 1948 – December 5, 1969
Service recordRoger Lynn McRight, of Tinley Park, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1969, in Lam Dong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 29
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Tinley Park, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Lam Dong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1969; two of them were lost in Lam Dong Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 29
- THOMAS MARK MCMAHON JRSpecialist Four · December 5, 1969
- STEPHEN STANFORD OVIATTFirst Lieutenant · December 5, 1969
- DANIEL ALLEN PETERSSergeant · December 5, 1969
- RUBEN DWIGHT REESEPrivate First Class · December 5, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY LEE HAUSCHULTZSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 27
From Tinley Park
- CHARLES JOHN RILEYLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
- CHARLES WILLIAM HOLLWEDELPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- GERALD CRAIG MILLERPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- ROBERT ALLEN MCALLISTERPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES NOVAKPrivate First Class · August 22, 1970
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.