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ROGER PELIKAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 5, 1946 – July 17, 1965
Service recordRoger Pelikan, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 17, 1965, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 17, 1965
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 17, 1965; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 39
- DAVID LEE ROSELance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- MALCOLM ARTHUR AVORELieutenant · July 18, 1965
- JOHN JAMES GLASPERSecond Lieutenant · July 18, 1965
- SHEPHEN HIETT PHILLIPSSergeant · July 18, 1965
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- JAMES JOSEPH VOTAVA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
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.