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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Daniel Elmer Rosen.

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DANIEL ELMER ROSEN

Corporal · U.S. Army

August 17, 1950 – May 14, 1969

Service record

Daniel Elmer Rosen, of Breese, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 24W · Line 3

Position of Panel 24W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Infantryman (11B)
Unit (as recorded)
198 LIGHT INF BDE
Born
August 17, 1950
Home of record
Breese, Illinois (Clinton County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 14, 1969
Age
18
Province
Quang Tin
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; 24 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 24W, Line 3

Same unit, same day

From Breese

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.