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DENNIS LEON ROUSKA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 26, 1949 – December 7, 1970
Service recordDennis Leon Rouska, of Cosmopolis, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 7, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 113
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Cosmopolis, Washington (Grays Harbor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 7, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 7, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 113
- THOMAS LEE LAFFERTYCorporal · December 7, 1970
- CARMINE ANGELO MACEDONIOPrivate First Class · December 7, 1970
- CHARLES TIENEREY MORTONSpecialist Four · December 7, 1970
- RICHARD LEON REEDSergeant · December 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROY ANDERSON JRPrivate · Panel 6W, Line 111
From Cosmopolis
- TERRY ARDEN DENNISONCommander · July 19, 1966
- NORMAN WARD HOLMESPrivate First Class · February 9, 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.