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EDWARD ARNOLD ROZELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 11, 1951 – January 31, 1970
Service recordEdward Arnold Rozell, of West Seneca, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 31, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 87
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 11, 1951
- Home of record
- West Seneca, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 87
- JOHN THOMAS RODGERSSergeant · January 31, 1970
- WILLIAM HENRY SMITH JRSpecialist Four · January 31, 1970
- DONALD LLOYD SWANSONCaptain · January 31, 1970
- JERALD DALE WESTSergeant · January 31, 1970
From West Seneca
- PETER ROBERT BOSSMANPetty Officer Third Class · September 25, 1966
- WAYNE DOUGLAS KARNLance Corporal · June 20, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH BIALKOWSKIConstructionman · June 24, 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.