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ROGER THOMAS BURROWS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 4, 1950 – June 10, 1968
Service recordRoger Thomas Burrows, of Georgetown, Kentucky, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 10, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 17
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 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Georgetown, Kentucky (Scott County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 17
- RICHARD CAROLINUS YEEND JRCaptain · June 9, 1968
- ROBERT BALLMajor · June 10, 1968
- EDWARD DALE BENNETTSergeant · June 10, 1968
- WILLIAM WAYNE BOETJESpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
From Georgetown
- CHARLES FRANKLIN ALLEN IICaptain · October 4, 1965
- EVERETTE ROLAND BAILEYCorporal · October 24, 1968
- HENRY ONEIL WILHOITEFirst Lieutenant · July 18, 1969
- JOHN WILLIAM BRUINSpecialist Four · February 23, 1971
- LEO TARLTON THOMAS JRCaptain · December 19, 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.