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ROY JACK RECTOR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1944 – August 21, 1968
Service recordRoy Jack Rector, of Whiteface, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 21, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 21
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Whiteface, Texas (Cochran County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 21, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 21
- DONALD KEITH POWELLCorporal · August 21, 1968
- WILLIAM GEORGE RASHStaff Sergeant · August 21, 1968
- DONALD PAGE REAMERSergeant · August 21, 1968
- JESUS RIVERAPrivate First Class · August 21, 1968
From Whiteface
- CLYDE MATHEWS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
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.