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DUANE MICHAEL ROUSSEAU
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 22, 1948 – July 28, 1969
Service recordDuane Michael Rousseau, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 28, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 66
- HOWARD WALLACE LAKEYCorporal · July 28, 1969
- BERNARD JULIAN MATTHEWSSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- BRIAN GREGORY PARROTTPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- JOHN MICHAEL RENNERLance Corporal · July 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RORY MICHAEL BAUMCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 62
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.