Roger Steven Powers
Company C 1/22 Infantry
4th Infantry Division
KIA 11/20/69
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E4
Rank: Sergeant
Note: Posthumous Promotion as indicated
MOS: 11B20: Infantryman
Length Service: 00
Unit: C CO, 1ST BN, 22ND INFANTRY, 4TH INF DIV
Home of Record: Stoneville, MS
Date of birth: 09/01/1948
Start Tour: 06/15/1969
Incident Date: 11/20/1969
Casualty Date: 11/20/1969
Age at Loss: 21
Location: Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam
Remains: Body recovered
Casualty Type: Hostile, died outright
Casualty Reason: Ground casualty
Casualty Detail: Gun or small arms fire
Panel 16W Line 102
Roger Powers was killed in
action during an engagement with hostile forces at grid reference
BR825101,
approximately 4 kilometers north/northwest of Van Canh airfield.
SGT Roger S. Powers' decorations
Roger is buried at Leland/Stoneville Cemetery, Stoneville, MS
Grave marker for Roger S. Powers
Photo courtesy of Shelli from Boone Funeral Home
Pin for the MIA and KIA from the State of Mississippi
Top photo of Roger Steven Powers courtesy of Fred Childs Company C 1/22 Infantry 1967-1968
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