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BERNIE ROSALES JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 8, 1948 – September 10, 1968
Service recordBernie Rosales JR, of Ithaca, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 10, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 19
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Ithaca, Michigan (Gratiot County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 19
- SAMUEL JOHN NUNNPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- MICHAEL J D PELCHWarrant Officer 1 · September 10, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE POLETTILance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- JUAN PORRASPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JIMMIE WAYNE BOGGSSpecialist Four · Panel 44W, Line 14
- RALPH WILLIAM BYRNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 44W, Line 15
- DENNIS WILLIAM WEARPrivate First Class · Panel 44W, Line 20
From Ithaca
- JOHN MURL MCDAIDSergeant · January 19, 1970
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.