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THOMAS FRANKLIN ROGERS JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1945 – November 17, 1969
Service recordThomas Franklin Rogers JR, of Spencer, Tennessee, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 17, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 90
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Helicopter Power Plants Mechanic, T-58 (6122)
- Born
- July 25, 1945
- Home of record
- Spencer, Tennessee (Van Buren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 90
- KENNETH GORDON KLINEPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- JAMES FRANCIS POLUSNEYSpecialist Four · November 17, 1969
- ARTURO CANTU RODRIQUEZStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1969
- JAMES FRANCIS ROST JRLieutenant (junior grade) · November 17, 1969
From Spencer
- ARNOLD GLEN OAKESPrivate First Class · January 23, 1969
- LARRY LEON HODGESSpecialist Four · March 11, 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.