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ROGER MILTON POIRIER
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 4, 1938 – August 2, 1967
Service recordRoger Milton Poirier, of Redondo Beach, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 2, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 69
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- June 4, 1938
- Home of record
- Redondo Beach, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 2, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 August 2, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 69
- GLENN RICHARD MCCUAIGLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- KEITH CHARLES PERKINSPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
- LARRY GORDON SALISBERRYHospitalman · August 2, 1967
- DAVID SANCHEZPrivate First Class · August 2, 1967
From Redondo Beach
- EDMUND FRANCIS THORNELLCaptain · September 10, 1966
- PHILIP HARRY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 2, 1967
- EDWARD ARTHUR PAINEPetty Officer Third Class · May 17, 1967
- GREGORY RAY GINGERICHPetty Officer Second Class · May 25, 1967
- CHRISTIAN LARS WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · October 2, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL DIAZCorporal · February 4, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH NARDELLISpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- BARRY WAYNE HOOPERLieutenant · March 5, 1968
- KARL LUCASStaff Sergeant · April 25, 1968
- DOUGLAS DALE CHANEYFirst Lieutenant · July 23, 1968
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.