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DAVID EARL ROSE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 15, 1949 – August 26, 1970
Service recordDavid Earl Rose, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 14
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1970; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 14
- LEE EARNEST SALTERSSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- HECTOR MONTALVO SANDOVALSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD TEFFTSpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
- WILLIAM DAVID THORPESpecialist Four · August 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ANDERSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 7
- STUART LEE BARNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 8
- DENNIS GORDON BATESELSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 8
- THEODORE FRANK BEDRAPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 8
- PAUL EDWARD BRIDGETTCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 8
- WESLEY OTERIA CODYCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 9
- ONNIE DAVID DUNCANSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 9
- CURTISS ESTRIDGESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 9
- FLORENTINO FLORESPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 10
- ISIAH CALVIN GARNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 10
- JAMES MICHAEL GINNCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 10
- THOMAS STEVEN HICKMANCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 11
- ALBERT LEE JOHNSONFirst Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 11
- FRED CHRIS KRAEMERSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 11
- CURTIS JOHNSON MANRINGCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 12
- MICHAEL LYNN MORGANCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 12
- ROBERT PAUL MCMASTERSergeant · Panel 7W, Line 13
- DWIGHT PRESTON OBRIENSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 13
- JOHN LAURENCE PIERSOL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7W, Line 13
- DAVID PHILLIP REESESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 13
- LEE EARNEST SALTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 14
- HECTOR MONTALVO SANDOVALSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 14
- WILLIAM DAVID THORPESpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 14
- RUBEN MARTINEZ-ZAYASCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 15
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.