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ROGER MICHAEL KITTLESON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 23, 1947 – February 25, 1969
Service recordRoger Michael Kittleson, of Excelsior, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 51
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 23, 1947
- Home of record
- Excelsior, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 51
- HARRY DAVID CHARLE KELLARPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- NORMAN WADE KELLUMLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- CHESTER JOSEPH KOZDRONSpecialist Four · February 25, 1969
- JAMES FRANKLIN M LAIRDPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
From Excelsior
- BERNARD ALBERT TESKE IIILance Corporal · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS ALLISON KNOPIKWarrant Officer 1 · November 18, 1970
- JEROME ANDREW OLSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
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.