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ROGER WAYNE FELLERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 16, 1946 – January 2, 1970
Service recordRoger Wayne Fellers, of Quanah, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 118
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Quanah, Texas (Hardeman County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 118
- GARDNER DORSEYPrivate First Class · January 2, 1970
- FRANK MELVIN DUNSMORE JRSpecialist Four · January 2, 1970
- HARRY EARL FARMERLance Corporal · January 2, 1970
- BRUCE CARLTON FRYARLieutenant · January 2, 1970
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.