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ROGER WILLIAM CARROLL JR
Major · U.S. Air Force
July 20, 1939 – September 21, 1972
Service recordRoger William Carroll JR, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 21, 1972, in Laos, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 74
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 20, 1939
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1972
- Age
- 33
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1972. In September 1972, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 74
- CHARLES WILLIAM GACHESSpecialist Five · May 24, 1972
- MICHAEL STEPHEN TUROSEFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1972
- THOMAS ONEAL ZORN JRCaptain · September 17, 1972
- DWIGHT WILLIAM COOKFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1972
- TIMOTHY JAMES SWEENEYPrivate First Class · September 23, 1972
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 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.