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RODGER LEE JAMESON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 16, 1950 – August 27, 1969
Service recordRodger Lee Jameson, of Salina, Kansas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 27, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 125
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 16, 1950
- Home of record
- Salina, Kansas (Saline County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 125
- DUANE GERALD LANDISHospitalman · August 27, 1969
- SANFORD JAMES LEDBETTERSergeant · August 27, 1969
- DALE JAMES LENIOSpecialist Four · August 27, 1969
- PETER HINCHMAN MCMURRAYFirst Lieutenant · August 27, 1969
From Salina
- LLOYD DEAN LAKEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1966
- GARY DEAN NAILCorporal · April 3, 1966
- WILLIAM RUSSELL BELLER JRPrivate First Class · April 30, 1967
- KENNETH D WEISMaster Sergeant · September 13, 1967
- MICHAEL GENE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- EDDIE DEAN GADSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1968
- THEODORE JANKE JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- LEONARD KEITH STEWARTCorporal · July 21, 1968
- RONALD LEE MUEHLBERGPrivate First Class · August 12, 1968
- YALE REZIN DAVIS JRMajor · November 19, 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.