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EDWARD S ROUBA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 17, 1932 – May 31, 1967
Service recordEdward S Rouba, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1932
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 24
- DENNIE NEACESergeant · May 31, 1967
- THOMAS LYNWOOD NIGRELLIPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD RICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 31, 1967
- CHARLES ROLAND ROGERSONCorporal · May 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- NATHANIEL COLLINSStaff Sergeant · Panel 21E, Line 21
- GEORGE ALFRED DOANESpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 21
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 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.