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ROGER WENDELL KVERNES
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
February 22, 1930 – January 2, 1970
Service recordRoger Wendell Kvernes, of Howard, South Dakota, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on January 2, 1970, in Bac Lieu Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · 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
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 22, 1930
- Home of record
- Howard, South Dakota (Miner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 2, 1970
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Bac Lieu
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1970; four of them were lost in Bac Lieu Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 119
- RAUL GARCIA JRCorporal · January 2, 1970
- STEVEN LYNN GREENPrivate First Class · January 2, 1970
- WILLIE JAMES HAYESStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1970
- RONNIE GEORGE LINDSTROMCaptain · January 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDWARD CARMICHAELFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 117
- EDDIE LEE SPIVEYSergeant First Class · Panel 15W, Line 120
- DENNIS ERWIN DEBNERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 121
From Howard
- MARLIN JOSEPH CALLIESLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- TOMMY LEON CALLIESCaptain · August 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.