Jerry Lee Roe

Vietnam War
Unit50th Medical Detachment, 44 Medical Brigade
RankCaptain U.S. Army
Entered Service FromHouston Texas
Date of DeathFebruary 12 1968
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
B
Notes
Captain Roe was a member of the 50th Medical Detachment, 44 Medical Brigade. On February 12, 1968, he was the aircraft commander of a Bell Iroquois Utility Helicopter (UH-1H) dispatched on a night medical evacuation from Ban Me Thuot to Gia Nghai Special Forces Camp in South Vietnam. Contact was lost and he was declared Missing in Action. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.