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ROGER MORTON NETHERLAND
Captain · U.S. Navy
April 5, 1926 – May 10, 1967
Service recordRoger Morton Netherland, of Beaver, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on May 10, 1967, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 84
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- VA 94
- Born
- April 5, 1926
- Home of record
- Beaver, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- May 10, 1967
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
62 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 84
- PAUL THOMAS LOONEYCaptain · May 10, 1967
- KENNETH WESLEY MCGEEPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- MALCOLM THOMAS MILLERPetty Officer Third Class · May 10, 1967
- RUSSELL PERRY MILLERPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
From Beaver
- FREDERICK WILLIAM MULLENSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- MICHAEL ALLEN CASPCaptain · November 14, 1967
- DONOVAN RUSSEL FLUHARTYSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- EDWARD ALLEN BISCHOFFPrivate First Class · January 12, 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.