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ROGER OVIDE CHARLAND
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 31, 1943 – August 23, 1968
Service recordRoger Ovide Charland, of Boston, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 39
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 31, 1943
- Home of record
- Boston, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 39
- RONALD LEE CALENTINECorporal · August 23, 1968
- HAROLD LEE CHEADLE JRFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 1968
- CHARLES ALEX COATSLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- PHILIP GEORGE DAVISCorporal · August 23, 1968
From Boston
- ORIEN JUDSON WALKER JRMajor · May 23, 1965
- SEYMOUR PATRICK SADBERRYPrivate First Class · October 30, 1965
- STEPHEN JOSEPH STERITIPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- BRUCE ELLSWORTH JASONStaff Sergeant · September 13, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD JOYCE JRFirst Lieutenant · November 16, 1966
- JOHN H JOYCEMajor · December 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNERSPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS MURRAYCorporal · April 26, 1967
- LEO JOSEPH SULLIVAN JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- BOBBY LEE FINNEYSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
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.