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ROGER STEVEN POWERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 1, 1948 – November 20, 1969
Service recordRoger Steven Powers, of Stoneville, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 20, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 102
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Stoneville, Mississippi (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date November 20, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 54 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 102
- GUY EDWIN MCKEAN JRSergeant · November 20, 1969
- ROBERT MARION NEWBERGSpecialist Four · November 20, 1969
- JOSEPH CRAIG PETERSSergeant · November 20, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH PRUDENStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PABLO BENITEZ GARZASergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 98
- LESLIE TOBIAS HAMMACKStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 99
- CHARLES EDWARD MOAKE JRSergeant · Panel 16W, Line 101
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.