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WAYNE JOHNATHAN ROGERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 31, 1944 – November 27, 1968
Service recordWayne Johnathan Rogers, of Hanford, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 78
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)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Hanford, California (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1968; 33 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 78
- WILLIAM DAVID RAYPrivate First Class · November 27, 1968
- AUGUST KARL RITZAUFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
- JOHN ROGER RYAN JRCorporal · November 27, 1968
- DWIGHT CUTLER SARJEANTFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY MARTIN DAUBERCorporal · Panel 38W, Line 72
- GORDON EARL DEGARMOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 72
- RICHARD LEE HAMMETTPrivate First Class · Panel 38W, Line 74
- DWIGHT CUTLER SARJEANTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 38W, Line 78
- THEODORE ALFRED SWEATTSpecialist Four · Panel 38W, Line 79
- JOHN BURDETTE ULFERSSergeant · Panel 38W, Line 80
From Hanford
- HOWARD WILLIAM HENNINGERColonel · March 13, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE LOONEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- MANUEL BARRERAStaff Sergeant · January 12, 1967
- RICHARD GENE OSBORNEPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- GAYLORD LEE WESTBAYWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
- LOUIE OCHOAPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ROBERT R THOMPSONSergeant · April 5, 1968
- RICHARD JAVIER FLORESCorporal · May 10, 1968
- PATRICK ANTHONY WHITTENPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
- KENNETH LEON MCCARTYSpecialist Four · April 13, 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.