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ROGER THOMAS GUEST
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 19, 1949 – August 26, 1969
Service recordRoger Thomas Guest, of Aberdeen, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 119
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Aberdeen, Mississippi (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 119
- GARY GERALD GRAYPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
- GEORGE EDWARD HENRYCorporal · August 26, 1969
- NORMAN RALPH HETZELSergeant · August 26, 1969
- WILLIAM GLENN HOWELLSpecialist Four · August 26, 1969
From Aberdeen
- GEORGE EMERSON JONESFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1967
- CLYDE GARTH JRPrivate First Class · October 26, 1968
- JAMES AMMONS WOODRUFFPrivate First Class · June 1, 1969
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.