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ROGER DALE JARRELL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1945 – April 3, 1966
Service recordRoger Dale Jarrell, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 80
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)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 80
- DAVID EUGENE HORNBYLance Corporal · April 3, 1966
- MARTIN JAMES LACHERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- RICHARD LEE LAWSLieutenant · April 3, 1966
- GARY DEAN NAILCorporal · April 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHNNY B BOSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 79
- ARTHUR CYRUS MORRIS JRSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 81
- LARRY J NICHOLSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 81
- HAMP JUROME SYKES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 82
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK ODONNELLSergeant · January 25, 1966
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.