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ROGER LYNN SHREWSBERRY
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 1, 1948 – September 1, 1968
Service recordRoger Lynn Shrewsberry, of Sunnyside, Washington, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 1, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 22
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Sunnyside, Washington (Yakima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 22
- ANGEL LUIS REYES JRCorporal · September 1, 1968
- ROBERT FRANKLIN RIGGLEStaff Sergeant · September 1, 1968
- ROBERT LEE ROSSLance Corporal · September 1, 1968
- JAMES J SHAUGHNESSY JRPrivate · September 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL DEAN BUSSESergeant · Panel 45W, Line 18
- LUIS G GOMEZ-MESASergeant · Panel 45W, Line 19
- EDWARD MERLE JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 21
- STEVE MASAO OHARASpecialist Four · Panel 45W, Line 21
- RONNIE CARDOZA PIMENTELPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 21
- ANGEL LUIS REYES JRCorporal · Panel 45W, Line 22
From Sunnyside
- TERRY LYNN GREENHALGHCaptain · December 22, 1968
- DALE ALAN MACARTHURSergeant · December 8, 1969
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.