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JIMMY ROLLINGS
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 18, 1947 – April 9, 1966
Service recordJimmy Rollings, of Perry, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Perry, Florida (Taylor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 9, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date April 9, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 95
- LEROY KOLB JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- RALPH STANLEY KOROLZYKPrivate First Class · April 9, 1966
- THOMAS WILSON MUIRSergeant · April 9, 1966
- HARRY DONALD WOODARDSpecialist Four · April 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WILSON MUIRSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 95
From Perry
- JACK STEPHEN SMITHLance Corporal · July 26, 1968
- DOUGLAS GAINES JRSergeant First Class · September 16, 1968
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.