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ALDO ROSSI JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 26, 1947 – January 26, 1966
Service recordAldo Rossi JR, of Pekin, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 98
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Pekin, Illinois (Tazewell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 98
- ARTHUR REGOCorporal · January 26, 1966
- ALENN MERRITT TATEPrivate First Class · January 26, 1966
- JON PAUL TRAVISSergeant · January 26, 1966
- RAFAEL A ALGARIN-RIVERASpecialist Four · January 27, 1966
- DAVID ALAN LANELance Corporal · January 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- STUART JAMES ERNHARTPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 96
- GEORGE B FORDPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 97
- ELVIS GORMEN HICKSSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 97
From Pekin
- JERRY W BELLSergeant · May 18, 1966
- JOHN W CLAYTONCaptain · November 20, 1966
- EVERETT LEROY TABORSpecialist Five · January 3, 1967
- LARRY GENE ASBRIDGECorporal · August 12, 1967
- RAMON ARTHUR MEEKERLance Corporal · February 9, 1968
- JOHN SPURLOCKSpecialist Four · February 23, 1968
- BILLY EUGENE MYERSSergeant · May 7, 1968
- ALONZO LENORD DIXONPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- CALVIN FRANKLIN BUTTERFIELDPrivate First Class · May 31, 1968
- TERRY LEE BLOOMERCorporal · September 3, 1968
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.