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HOWARD ROSEDIETCHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 3, 1949 – June 25, 1969
Service recordHoward Rosedietcher, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 25, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 15
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 25, 1969; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 15
- THOMAS WALTER FABERPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- PATRICK DALE ROBIRDSPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
- TIMOTHY JOHN SHELTONSergeant · June 25, 1969
- ROBERT CARL SNETHENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CHARLES ASBURYSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 11
- MARK JOHN DEFRANGESergeant · Panel 21W, Line 12
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.