Editing Alan G. Rogers (section)

==Death and afterward==
According to an Army report, Rogers was killed by an [[improvised explosive device]] while on foot patrol in Baghdad, on January 27, 2008.<ref name="army">{{citation |url= http://www.defenselink.mil/releases/release.aspx?releaseid=11649 |title=DoD Identifies Army Casualty |periodical=DefenseLink News Release |date=January 29, 2008 |access-date=2008-04-03 }}</ref>  On January 30, 2008, friends of Rogers established the [https://web.archive.org/web/20080411060324/http://www.thealangrogersfund.org/ Alan G. Rogers Memorial Scholarship Fund]. <!--- Cleanup this --->

A funeral service was held for Rogers at Ebenezer Baptist Church on February 8, 2008.<ref name="brightcove">{{citation|first=Doug |last=Finger |url=http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1407924331&channel=294434710 |title=Video: The Funeral of Major Rev. Alan G. Rogers |periodical=[[Gainesville Sun]] |date=February 8, 2008 |access-date=2008-04-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411025648/http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1407924331&channel=294434710 |archive-date=2008-04-11 }}</ref> In honor of Rogers, Florida Gov. [[Charlie Crist]] ordered the Florida and U.S. flags be flown at [[half-staff]] at the [[Old Bradford County Courthouse|Bradford County Courthouse]], Hampton City Hall and the [[Florida State Capitol]].<ref name="gsun"/> Family members later expressed that "we really didn't know about [Rogers being gay] until after his death. "<ref name="howell">{{citation |first=Deborah |last=Howell |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/28/AR2008032803062.html |title=Public Death, Private Life |periodical=[[The Washington Post]] |date=March 30, 2008 |access-date=2008-04-03 }}</ref> Rogers' beneficiary from Florida later stated that he knew Rogers was gay, but felt it had "no more relevance than I'm straight."<ref name="howell"/>

Rogers was buried with [[full military honors]] at [[Arlington National Cemetery]] on March 14, 2008, in Section 60, at Gravesite 8558.<ref name="map">{{citation |url= http://wikimapia.org/#lat=38.875315&lon=-77.063674&z=17&l=0&m=a&v=2 |title=WikiMapia: USA / Virginia / Arlington, 3 km |access-date=2008-04-03 }}</ref> About 200 people attended the service, including Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England, Army Lt. Gen. John F. Kimmons, active duty military, both enlisted and officers, Rogers's friends and family from Florida, and Rogers's friends in northern Virginia, and Washington, D.C.<ref name="inskeep">{{citation |first=Steve |last=Inskeep |url= https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=88939595 |title=Report: American Death Toll in Iraq War Hits 4,000 |periodical=[[National Public Radio]] |date=March 24, 2008 |access-date=2008-04-03 }}</ref> Also in attendance were a dozen or more gay active duty military personnel.<ref name="smith">{{citation |first=Tony |last=Smith |url= http://www.thegaymilitarytimes.com/0804Rogers.html |title=Our Whole Self And Whole Story: Honoring My Friend and Hero, Major Alan G. Rogers |periodical=Gay Military Times |date=March 14, 2008 |access-date=2008-04-03 }}</ref>