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RONNIE VAGO ROGERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 16, 1947 – January 5, 1971
Service recordRonnie Vago Rogers, of Fairfield, Alabama, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1971, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 28
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
- Aircraft Armament Repairman (45J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairfield, Alabama (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1971. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 28
- EUGENE HENRY MCKAY IIIPrivate First Class · January 5, 1971
- GLENN CURTIS VALENTESpecialist Four · January 5, 1971
- FREDERICK WILLIAM BALDAUFPrivate First Class · January 6, 1971
- GARY RAYMOND BOECKLance Corporal · January 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DONALD MARTIN CRAMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 26
- HOWARD WAYNE GIPSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 26
From Fairfield
- J C CLARK JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- KENNY WAYNE BULLARDPrivate First Class · May 19, 1966
- ROSS ALLEN GASTONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE RASPBERRYSpecialist Four · June 30, 1969
- RODERICK KENNETH TOLBERTSergeant · June 3, 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.