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WILLIAM ROBERT ROGNE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 18, 1948 – March 8, 1970
Service recordWilliam Robert Rogne, of Fallon, Nevada, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1970, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 98
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Fallon, Nevada (Churchill County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1970; four of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 98
- JOHN RICHARD PENMANFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
- JOSEPH JOHN POSTIGLIONESergeant · March 8, 1970
- PATRICK TRACYFireman · March 8, 1970
- TERRANCE WESLEY ANDERSONWarrant Officer 1 · March 9, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID KARL ERENSTOFTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 96
- WIM GOEREESpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 96
- JACOB LEE KINSERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13W, Line 97
From Fallon
- BILLY DAVID HILLSergeant First Class · January 21, 1968
- WILLARD VERNON JOHNSONSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- MICHAEL DELANO BLEAPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- RONALD RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · November 9, 1969
- EDDIE MOLINO JRCaptain · May 10, 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.