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FRANK JAMES ROSE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 6, 1941 – July 12, 1967
Service recordFrank James Rose JR, of Watsonville, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 35 ENG BN 34 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- August 6, 1941
- Home of record
- Watsonville, California (Santa Cruz County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 63
- JAMES ALVIN RAINWATER JRMajor · July 12, 1967
- BRIAN WAYNE RUSHTONCaptain · July 12, 1967
- LAURENCE G SERSHONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH SULLIVANMaster Sergeant · July 12, 1967
From Watsonville
- MELESSO GARCIAPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- LOUIS CHARLES MILLERSpecialist Four · November 6, 1967
- GARY RALPH CARPENTERPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID CHOIPrivate First Class · February 26, 1968
- WARREN F NICKEL JRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1968
- JAMES EVERRETT BELLFireman · June 3, 1968
- LEONARD RAY WHITECorporal · June 13, 1968
- HILDEFONSO M RAMIREZCorporal · January 31, 1969
- RAYMOND RODRIGUEZ DELGADOLance Corporal · March 1, 1969
- JOHN DEOGRACIAS INGUILLOStaff Sergeant · June 6, 1969
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.