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ERNEST ROSADO SR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 29, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordErnest Rosado SR, of Middletown, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 29
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Middletown, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; six of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 29
- FRANCIS JOSEPH ROBINSONSergeant · May 5, 1968
- CRAIG ALLEN ROODSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- MIGUEL A RUVALCABA-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- WILLIAM JULIUS SAFRITSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY SAM FRYEMaster Sergeant · Panel 55E, Line 12
- CHAD DAVID MEADOWSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 22
- JOHN H PATE JRSergeant · Panel 55E, Line 26
- ROBERT L SPRINGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 55E, Line 32
From Middletown
- DAVID EDWARD DUMONDSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
- JAMES GEORGE LAFLEURPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- ROBERT LEE ANDERSONCorporal · May 23, 1969
- JOHN AZEL RINGHOLMCorporal · June 24, 1970
- KARL WILLIAM TITUSSpecialist Five · October 2, 1970
- JAMES VINCENT DRAGONESergeant · December 23, 1970
- DENNIS MICHAEL HOTALINGSpecialist Four · March 23, 1971
- DAVID DONALD STOVERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1972
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.