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DONALD RAY ROSE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 29, 1950 – December 15, 1969
Service recordDonald Ray Rose, of Wichita Falls, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 60
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- April 29, 1950
- Home of record
- Wichita Falls, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 60
- DAVID ALLEN PENDELLCorporal · December 15, 1969
- JOHN ROCHEFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1969
- MONTE LEWIS STAMMPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- DON EUGENE STOCKTON JRFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STEPHEN BARRITTSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 57
- DEE AARON HYDENChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 15W, Line 58
- LARRY DEAN KEELERSpecialist Five · Panel 15W, Line 59
- DON EUGENE STOCKTON JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 60
From Wichita Falls
- RONALD ALAN MILLERSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- THURMAN WAYNE OWENStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- JOHNNY EDWARD BRUMLEYSergeant · February 26, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE MOWERFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
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.