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RONALD EDWIN ROGERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 11, 1946 – June 3, 1970
Service recordRonald Edwin Rogers, of Huntington, Indiana, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 5
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Officer (I) (0802)
- Born
- June 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Huntington, Indiana (Huntington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 5
- RICHARD LEE KESTERSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- WIELAND CLYDE NORRISPrivate First Class · June 3, 1970
- DANIEL ROSS PARTINSpecialist Four · June 3, 1970
- THOMAS EDWARD F PEACOCKSergeant · June 3, 1970
From Huntington
- MIKE GARCIA BUSTOSSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- THOMAS WARDROP IIIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LLOYD D PINKERTONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD PAULSergeant · February 5, 1967
- FLOYD RUSSELL NOEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN SCHEIBERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL ARCHIBALDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT FRANKLIN ELSTONSergeant · April 30, 1970
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.