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ROGER WAYNE VOLZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 24, 1949 – May 28, 1968
Service recordRoger Wayne Volz, of Salt Lake City, Utah, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- May 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Salt Lake City, Utah (Salt Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; four of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 17
- BERNELL TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- FRED LEWIS THRIFTPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- GEORGE NELSON WALKERSergeant First Class · May 28, 1968
- CHARLES EDWARD WARDLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRICKERPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 6
- WILLIAM PATRICK FLYNNPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 9
- PAUL ALFRED GONZALESPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 9
- RICHARD JOSEPH JONES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 64W, Line 11
- CARROLL RODNEY MEIERCorporal · Panel 64W, Line 12
- JOHN WESLEY MCVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 13
- ROBERT JAMES PLOURDECorporal · Panel 64W, Line 14
- ROBERT MICHAEL SOPKOPrivate First Class · Panel 64W, Line 16
- BERNELL TAYLORSpecialist Four · Panel 64W, Line 17
From Salt Lake City
- DONALD VERNON MCGREGORCaptain · August 13, 1963
- REED GEORGE JENSENMajor · July 28, 1964
- FRANCIS JOHN DUNC DELMARKLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- DON RICHARD HOODCaptain · October 2, 1965
- WILLIAM LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1965
- ROBERT LEE STOKESSergeant · November 15, 1965
- ROBERT LEE CRAFTPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- THOMAS GAVIN WALSTERLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1966
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.