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JAMES ELDON ROSE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
March 2, 1938 – March 6, 1968
Service recordJames Eldon Rose, of Okemah, Oklahoma, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 6, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 32
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 2, 1938
- Home of record
- Okemah, Oklahoma (Okfuskee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 32
- WILLIAM HENRY ROGERSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- WILLIAM T ROGERS IVSergeant · March 6, 1968
- CLARENCE A ROUSSELL JRSecond Lieutenant · March 6, 1968
- JOHN MALCOLM RUSSELL JRPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- RONALD ROYCE RYANCorporal · March 6, 1968
From Okemah
- JACKIE DALE WALKERPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- CHARLES KENNETH DEEREPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- TERRY KAY MAREADYPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- BILLY JOE WATSONSergeant First Class · June 21, 1971
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.