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GREGORY MICHAEL ROUSE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 18, 1949 – July 25, 1968
Service recordGregory Michael Rouse, of Evergreen, Colorado, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 9
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Born
- January 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Evergreen, Colorado (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 9
- IRVIN WILLIAM MOSLEYPrivate First Class · July 25, 1968
- CHARLES DENNIS PEKNYSpecialist Four · July 25, 1968
- CHARLES H PETERSDORF JRCorporal · July 25, 1968
- JACK RICHARD SANBORNSpecialist Four · July 25, 1968
From Evergreen
- ELDON CHRIST VANBEBERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- THOMAS PAUL RAYHospitalman · October 10, 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.