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ERNIE WAYNE ROSSER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1947 – December 11, 1966
Service recordErnie Wayne Rosser, of Maysville, Kentucky, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 11, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 36
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Maysville, Kentucky (Mason County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 36
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- EUGENE P RICHARDSON JRPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- JAMES HENRY SMITHPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ANTONIO ABEL SOLISSergeant · December 11, 1966
From Maysville
- WILLIAM BOYD TULLYFirst Lieutenant · November 5, 1962
- BILLY EUGENE SNIPESStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1966
- DONALD RANDELL LEWISLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- BILLY RAY LUCASSergeant · May 19, 1970
- JAMES DOUGLAS GROVESPrivate · May 10, 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.