Billy Lee Rogers from Gary, Indiana.
Service era: Vietnam
Date of death: Monday, December 1, 1969
Death details: Seaman Billy Lee Rogers entered the U.S. Navy from Indiana and served aboard the USS Ranger (CVA 61). On December 1, 1969, he fell overboard in the South China Sea in the vicinity of (GC) 48Q YF 555 214. Search efforts with helicopters and small boats were initiated and continued the next morning but had no success in locating the missing seaman. His remains were not recovered. Today, Seaman Rogers is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific.
Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual’s case to be in the analytical category of Non-recoverable.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency