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ROGER NESTER
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 22, 1944 – April 28, 1968
Service recordRoger Nester, of Mt Sterling, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 41
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 22, 1944
- Home of record
- Mt Sterling, Kentucky (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; eight of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 66 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 41
- ROBERT LOUIS MCDUFFYPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- DICKIE OWENS NELSONSergeant · April 28, 1968
- LEWIS CHARLES NELSONSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- VALENTINE AMBROSE OCHSCorporal · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JORDAN BELCHERSpecialist Five · Panel 52E, Line 33
- RICHARD ANTHONY CASSANOCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 35
- WILLIAM HENRY HARFF JRSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 37
- SIDNEY A HOWECorporal · Panel 52E, Line 38
- LEWIS CHARLES NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 41
- AMEL DOUGLAS ROYALTYSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 43
- IVOL MICHEAL YORKSergeant · Panel 52E, Line 45
- WILLIAM E ZIMMERMAN JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 52E, Line 45
From Mt Sterling
- CARL BERG MITCHELLMajor · January 14, 1964
- GEORGE EDWARD COREYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- EDWARD TAUL CROOKSStaff Sergeant · August 3, 1966
- GARY AUSTIN DORESpecialist Four · May 22, 1971
- TOMMY R NEALISSergeant · May 13, 1975
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.