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ROGER LEE JAMISON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 10, 1947 – May 6, 1969
Service recordRoger Lee Jamison, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 12
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Baker (94D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Grand Rapids, Michigan (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 12
- LARRY DEAN HOCHLance Corporal · May 6, 1969
- PAUL JOHN KRONTHALERPrivate First Class · May 6, 1969
- RICHARD M LUCKENBACH JRSergeant · May 6, 1969
- JACKIE RAY MCKENZIECorporal · May 6, 1969
From Grand Rapids
- MILLARD RUSSELL VALERIUSCaptain · May 28, 1965
- ROBERT JEROME MORONEYCaptain · December 14, 1965
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DONALD BRUCE ADAMSONSecond Lieutenant · February 23, 1966
- JERRY EMMET PARKSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID ORIN BAILEYPrivate First Class · April 8, 1966
- GARY SCOTT FERGUSONPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- DAVID LAWRENCE FAUGHTPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- EVERETTE ARTHUR THOMPSONPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- MATTHEW GEORGE MIEDEMAPrivate First Class · August 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.