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ROGER O CLEMENS
Major · U.S. Air Force
June 17, 1934 – September 19, 1968
Service recordRoger O Clemens, of Rockville Centre, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 19, 1968, in Thailand, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- June 17, 1934
- Home of record
- Rockville Centre, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 34
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 34
- THOMAS JAMES CAVANAUGHCorporal · September 19, 1968
- THOMAS HENRY CLARKEN IIISpecialist Four · September 19, 1968
- RAYMOND TERRENCE CONWAYSergeant · September 19, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH VISSERSpecialist Four · September 19, 1968
From Rockville Centre
- RAYMOND PATRICK MEEHANPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- RICHARD BROWNSergeant · May 28, 1967
- JOHN HENRY FERRIL IILance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- WILLIAM HILL PARKERLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- GERALD DAVID SORRENTINOCorporal · June 6, 1968
- RICHARD AGUST MARFURT JRSpecialist Five · December 23, 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.