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ROGERS LEMANDER HAYWOOD
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 7, 1941 – May 29, 1969
Service recordRogers Lemander Haywood, of De Ridder, Louisiana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 15
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Supervisor (62N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 36 ENG BN USARV
- Born
- February 7, 1941
- Home of record
- De Ridder, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 15
- CRIS HOLLIDAYCorporal · May 29, 1969
- HERMAN LEROY JUDY JRCorporal · May 29, 1969
- JESSE PHILLIP KENTPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
- GARY WILLIARD LEIGHTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
From De Ridder
- ALBERT FRANKLIN CALPSergeant First Class · August 6, 1965
- BENJAMIN IRVIN WARRENStaff Sergeant · October 3, 1966
- EDWARD JOSEPH GUILLORYSergeant Major · June 18, 1967
- JAMES V HAMILTONSergeant First Class · September 27, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN RATHBURNPrivate First Class · March 16, 1968
- QUILLARD FRANK LYONSSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- IRVING DONALD BARROWSPrivate First Class · April 21, 1968
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.