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ROY JAMES ROGERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 28, 1950 – February 25, 1970
Service recordRoy James Rogers, of Jacksonville, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 55
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 28, 1950
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 55
- BOBBIE RAY BAXTERSergeant First Class · February 25, 1970
- THOMAS JOSEPH VEZEAUCorporal · February 25, 1970
- DONALD JAMES WADECorporal · February 25, 1970
- MARTIN WALKER JRStaff Sergeant · February 25, 1970
From Jacksonville
- LOYE THOMAS CHRISTMASPrivate First Class · January 17, 1964
- WYLEY WRIGHT JRSpecialist Five · March 9, 1964
- OTIS GORDON JRMajor · November 19, 1964
- HORACE CLEVELAND COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- JAMES HENRY KINGSergeant First Class · October 6, 1965
- RODNEY CARSWELL HARRISPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- HENRY TUCKER CANNONSergeant First Class · November 8, 1965
- NATHANIEL BYRDSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- WILLIE FRANK GODBOLDTSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- ALEXANDER WILLIAMSSergeant · November 15, 1965
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.