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ROGER ELLIS JARVIS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1930 – October 16, 1967
Service recordRoger Ellis Jarvis, of Moline, Illinois, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 16, 1967, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 13
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 20, 1930
- Home of record
- Moline, Illinois (Rock Island County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 16, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 16, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 13
- KENNETH JEFFERSON LANDERSPrivate First Class · October 15, 1967
- CHARLES EVAN BEAVERSLance Corporal · October 16, 1967
- AUGUSTINE BELTRAM JRPrivate First Class · October 16, 1967
- LAWRENCE AUGUSTINE BERNESKIAirman First Class · October 16, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEE ROY HODGESStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 15
- BERNARD FRANCIS JONESCaptain · Panel 28E, Line 15
From Moline
- DENNIS WILLIAM BROWNSergeant · June 19, 1967
- ROLLEEN C SORIMPrivate First Class · October 13, 1967
- LEROY ALPHUS ROSTPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- LEROY FLOYD SCHYSKAPrivate First Class · December 6, 1967
- STEPHEN C MOSELEYSergeant · December 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JAY WARRENFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · May 17, 1968
- RAYMOND ROBERT VARNER JRLance Corporal · June 12, 1968
- RICKY JEROME ALMANZACorporal · September 3, 1968
- BARRY SCOTT WELLSSpecialist Four · September 4, 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.