US PARAS 2 Smelser, Roger Wayne

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Smelser​

• FORENAME

Roger Wayne​

• UNIT

502 Infantry Regiment (Airmobile) (Company B,2 Bn)​

• RANK

Private First Class​

• NUMBER

54515342​

• DATE OF DEATH

8th March 1969​

• AGE

20​

• GRAVESITE

Earthman Memory Gardens,Baytown,Harris County,Texas​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Baytown,Texas​

born 9.7.1948 Harris County,Texas​

son of James Cunningham and Laura (nee Wilson) Smelser,1401 Hawthorne Street,Baytown,Texas​

single​

attended Robert E. Lee High School​

entered service August 1968​

award Bronze Star​

KIA Firebase Spear,Thua Thien Province,South Vietnam​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 30W Line 81​

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