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Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967.
Soldiers of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade wait for a UH-1D during Operation Junction City, 1967. Photo: U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Roosevelt Amison JR.

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ROOSEVELT AMISON JR

Corporal · U.S. Army

February 24, 1940 – March 9, 1967

Service record

Roosevelt Amison JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 16E · Line 42

Position of Panel 16E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Infantryman (11B)
Born
February 24, 1940
Home of record
Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 9, 1967
Age
27
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Helicopter Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

38 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 16E, Line 42

From Los Angeles

All 540 names from Los Angeles →

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.