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ROGER ROBERT CAUTHERN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 3, 1946 – November 8, 1967
Service recordRoger Robert Cauthern, of Stamford, Connecticut, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 8, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 47
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electronic Systems Technician A-4/Ta-4/Oa-4 (6332)
- Born
- November 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Stamford, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date November 8, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 47
- BRUCE RAYMOND BAXTERMaster Sergeant · November 8, 1967
- JOHN WOODRUFF BROOKSSergeant · November 8, 1967
- ALPHA LEE BUFORDPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CALLAHANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
From Stamford
- ALFONS ALOYZE BANKOWSKIStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- RICHARD EDWARD BROADHURSTPrivate First Class · August 4, 1965
- STUART MERRILL ANDREWSColonel · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM BREWSTER NICKERSONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 22, 1966
- KENT ELLSWORTH GANDYMajor · August 13, 1966
- JAMES ALLAN BRANSONLance Corporal · September 10, 1966
- RICHARD RICHCaptain · May 19, 1967
- DUNCAN HARTWELL FLEMINGSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- FERGUS FRANCIS CONNORS JRCorporal · June 11, 1967
- ROBERT KEEFE DWYERFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 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.