Roger D. Zeigler

Roger D. Zeigler

Company C 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA April 27, 1968

CPL - E4 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
Grade at loss: E3
Rank: Corporal
Note: Posthumous Promotion as indicated
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
21 year old Single, Caucasian, Male
Born on Feb 22, 1947
From YEAGERTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA
His tour of duty began on Dec 13, 1967
Casualty was on Apr 27, 1968
in KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered
Religion
ROMAN CATHOLIC

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Roger Zeigler was killed in action while on Operation Mac Arthur/Binh Tay,
during the Battle of Chu Moor Mountain, approximately 25 kilometers west of Polei Krong.

CPL Roger Zeigler's decorations

Roger Zeigler was killed in action during the Battle for Chu Moor mountain.
The website is grateful to John McKee and Charlie "Doc" Shyab
for contributing the rubbings they took of all the names
of the 1st Battalion Killed In Action during the battle for Chu Moor.

Photo courtesy of Charles "Doc" Shyab

Burial:
Juniata Memorial Cemetery
Lewistown
Mifflin County
Pennsylvania, USA
Section D, Lot 98 Space 3

Roger Zeigler's grave marker

Photo by Yvonne Freed Dunn from the Find A Grave website

The Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 791 dedicated the VV Memorial Circle in Burnham, PA on August 31, 2013
to honor the 17 men from Mifflin County who died in the Vietnam War. One of the 17 men honored was Roger Zeigler.

The VV Memorial Circle in Burnham, Pennsylvania

Photo from the Charlie Company Vietnam 1966-1972 website

The VV Memorial Circle in Burnham, Pennsylvania
Roger Zeigler's name is on the left panel, right column at the bottom

Photo from the Charlie Company Vietnam 1966-1972 website

Roger Zeigler's name on the VV Memorial Circle in Burnham, Pennsylvania

Photo from the Charlie Company Vietnam 1966-1972 website

For a tribute to Roger Zeigler click on the following link:

Together We Served

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