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RONALD LEE ROGERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 8, 1948 – May 6, 1968
Service recordRonald Lee Rogers, of Los Gatos, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · 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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Los Gatos, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 15
- ROBERT LEE PERRYPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN PRITCHARDLieutenant Commander · May 6, 1968
- KENNETH RAYMOND QUANPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- ROGER LEE ROWLANDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY RAYMOND CRAIGSpecialist Four · Panel 56E, Line 4
From Los Gatos
- RONALD GLEN SOULESergeant · April 13, 1966
- HARDING EUGENE SMITH SRColonel · June 3, 1966
- HARRY LEWIS MARIONSpecialist Four · January 14, 1967
- THOMAS LEE COTTRELLLance Corporal · January 22, 1968
- FRANCIS PETER BRICMONT JRPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- RICHARD KENNETH TAYLORCorporal · June 1, 1968
- DENNIS DALE GREERSpecialist Four · March 26, 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.