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ROGER PARRY HARRELL
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
December 24, 1940 – July 29, 1969
Service recordRoger Parry Harrell, of Jacksonville Beach, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 70
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Uh-1n Qualified (I) (7563)
- Born
- December 24, 1940
- Home of record
- Jacksonville Beach, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 70
- HARRY ELSWORTH BLACKStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1969
- ROY NATHANIEL GIVENSSergeant · July 29, 1969
- STEPHEN DONALD GLECKLERSergeant First Class · July 29, 1969
- EDWARD JOSEPH HALBERTSpecialist Four · July 29, 1969
From Jacksonville Beach
- WILLIAM RAYMOND GASTPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- DEWAYNE CORBITTPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- JOHN HOWDEN FRANKSPrivate First Class · April 10, 1971
- CHARLES WILLIAM WARNER JRSpecialist Four · April 25, 1971
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.