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JONATHAN CECIL ROKER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 30, 1945 – June 13, 1966
Service recordJonathan Cecil Roker, of Hallandale, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 13, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Hallandale, Florida (Broward County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 45
- RICHARD LEE HOGLETechnical Sergeant · June 13, 1966
- EVERETT OSCAR KERRLieutenant Colonel · June 13, 1966
- GEORGE FEODRO LAZARPrivate First Class · June 13, 1966
- RUDOLPH ALGAR NUNEZSergeant · June 13, 1966
From Hallandale
- FRED ARTHUR JOHNSONPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- GARY RAYMOND MCKENDRICKAirman First Class · July 25, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES WHALENSpecialist Four · April 17, 1969
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.