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GORDON ARTHUR ROUSE JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 3, 1947 – April 22, 1967
Service recordGordon Arthur Rouse JR, of Clyde, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 71
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Supply Handler (56A)
- Born
- July 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Clyde, New York (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1967; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 71
- TIMOTHY COLEMAN PATTERSONSergeant · April 22, 1967
- RAUL BAUTISTA PEREZPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- WESLEY IRWIN PIZERPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- WILLIAM AMBROSE PROCTORSpecialist Four · April 22, 1967
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.