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ROLAND VINCENT JAGER JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 31, 1944 – December 6, 1964
Service recordRoland Vincent Jager JR, of Stockton, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 31, 1944
- Home of record
- Stockton, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1964
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1964. In December 1964, 36 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 74
- JAMES G DUNTONFirst Lieutenant · December 8, 1964
- GUY THOMAS FREELANDSergeant First Class · December 8, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
From Stockton
- RAPHAEL CRUZStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1963
- RICHARD LEBROU WHITESIDESCaptain · March 26, 1964
- ROBERT SANCHEZ FERNANDEZPrivate First Class · May 20, 1965
- BENJIMAN BROOKSSergeant · November 18, 1965
- ROMIRO C RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1965
- RONALD EUGENE CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- STANLEY KENTON SEMLERPrivate First Class · January 29, 1966
- RICHARD ALLEN WAGNERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JOHN LEIGH MCCARTYCorporal · March 28, 1966
- EMMANUEL DAVID WHITLEYSpecialist Four · April 16, 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.