ROGERS CHARLES DAVID

Name: CPT Charles David Rogers
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 03/11/1969 while performing the duty of Pilot.
Age at death: 30.0
Date of Birth: 03/25/1939
Home City: Monroe, NC
Service: IN branch of the reserve component of the U.S. Army.
Unit: 174 AHC, OR 57 AHC
Major organization: Americal Division
Flight class: 67-8
Service: IN branch of the U.S. Army.
The Wall location: 29W-014
Short Summary: Killed second tour by french 75mm pack howitzer fired into company area and hit CO's hooch. In SVN 2 days. 1st tour was Oct 67 to Oct 68
Call sign: CPT LOLLYPOP
Service number: O5322316
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 1981 = 19 Rotary Wing Aviator (Unit Commander)
Primary cause: Ground Casualty
Compliment cause: weapons
Started Tour: 02/19/1969
"Official" listing: ground casualty
Length of service: 04
Location: Quang Ngai Province I Corps.
Reason: multiple-fragment wounds
Casualty type: Hostile - died of wounds
single male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Baptist - other groups
Burial information: MEM PARK CEM, MONROE, NC
The following information secondary, but may help in explaining this incident.
Category of casualty as defined by the Army: battle dead Category of personnel: active duty Army Military class: officer
This record was last updated on 08/28/2000

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Date posted on this site: 11/13/2023