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ROGER THEODORE FAST
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 14, 1948 – August 19, 1968
Service recordRoger Theodore Fast, of Butterfield, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 54
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Butterfield, Minnesota (Watonwan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên 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 48W, Line 54
- WILLIE STEPHEN FIELDSSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- ANGELO GIACOBBEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- WAYNE WILLIAM GROSSSecond Lieutenant · August 19, 1968
- ROY ARBEN HARBAUGH JRSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALAN COURTNEY DABBSSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 53
- CURTIS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 53
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.