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FREDERICK EUGENE ROUSE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 10, 1945 – September 28, 1968
Service recordFrederick Eugene Rouse, of Ponca City, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 28, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 37
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Ponca City, Oklahoma (Kay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 28, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 37
- CLIFTON SPILLERLance Corporal · September 28, 1968
- GERALD STANLEY STOZEKSpecialist Four · September 28, 1968
- CARL RICHARD USSERYSergeant · September 28, 1968
- WILLIAM MARTIN VALENTINEPrivate First Class · September 28, 1968
From Ponca City
- WILLIAM DONALD REYNOLDSCaptain · March 28, 1965
- CLARENCE GENE FORMANPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- VERN LEE PRAYSergeant · January 9, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL FOWLERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- JAMES JOHNSON JRLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- EDGAR ALLEN CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- LARRY DEAN KEELERSpecialist Five · December 15, 1969
- LEWIS EARL COXCorporal · May 19, 1970
- ELROY FREDERICK WELLSStaff Sergeant · December 27, 1970
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.