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EDWARD JOHN ROSSER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 29, 1947 – August 16, 1967
Service recordEdward John Rosser, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 2
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 228 SERSUPP CO USARV
- Born
- October 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Chelsea, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 2
- NATHANIEL KNOWLESSergeant First Class · August 16, 1967
- THURLO MERIDA MCCLURECorporal · August 16, 1967
- TIMOTHY V RHODESSpecialist Four · August 16, 1967
- RICHARD ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · August 16, 1967
From Chelsea
- SHELDON ROBERT COHENPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS FITZPATRICKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- FRANK MICHAEL SOKOLOWSKIPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- EVERETT ALBERT ALLENSeaman · July 29, 1967
- JOHN EDWARD MADIGAN JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1967
- SALVATORE AGRI JRPrivate First Class · April 9, 1968
- CYRIL MITCHELL JRSpecialist Four · September 11, 1968
- BRUCE JAMES KENNEDYPrivate First Class · November 14, 1968
- WILLIAM F THOMPSON JRSpecialist Four · March 24, 1971
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.