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ROGER WAYNE MCCLATCHEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 11, 1948 – December 22, 1968
Service recordRoger Wayne McClatchey, of Corydon, Iowa, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 65
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Corydon, Iowa (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 65
- EDWARD ARNOLD MORRISONPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- DONALD ANDREW RITTLINGERLance Corporal · December 22, 1968
- DIONISIO SANCHEZ-ORTIZSpecialist Four · December 22, 1968
From Corydon
- RICHARD ALLEN CESARCorporal · October 30, 1965
- JERRY WARNER HICKERSONPrivate First Class · September 6, 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.