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EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 8, 1942 – November 12, 1965
Service recordEdward Joujon-Roche, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 45
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 45
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM MAYESPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- WILLIAM N MILLERCaptain · November 12, 1965
- HOOVER MORRISSergeant First Class · November 12, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LEROY DAVISSergeant · Panel 3E, Line 43
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 44
- VIRGIL KIRKLAND JRSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 45
- JAMES WILLIAM MAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 45
- HOOVER MORRISSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 45
- HAROLD EUGENE WILKINSSpecialist Four · Panel 3E, Line 48
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
- ROBERT JESS CALVILLOCorporal · February 28, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.