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Photographer: J. J. Prats
Taken: April 8, 2017
Caption: PFC Roger Mark Link
Additional Description: B Co, 1st BN, 502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne Div., USARV, United States Army.

September 22, 1946 to March 1968

Roger and his brother Peter were raised in Ivy, Virginia. A high school friend, Bert O’Malley, said he was a cool, smart, funny, hell-raising party guy and a seriously deep thinker. His home of record was Dallas Texas where he and his wife, Elizabeth Rowalt Link had moved. He arrived in Vietnam on January 1, 1968. He was killed by artillery in the midst of a firefight when an enemy force was encountered during a combat operation in Thua Thien Province.

He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, Parachutists Wings and the Combat Infantryman’s Badge. He is buried in Restland Memorial Park in Dallas Texas.
Submitted: April 15, 2017, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p380248
File Size: 0.797 Megabytes

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