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JAMES FRANCIS ROST JR
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
December 30, 1944 – November 17, 1969
Service recordJames Francis Rost JR, of Malverne, New York, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 17, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 90
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url No Warfare Specialty (1105)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 13 ASLT DIV 13
- Born
- December 30, 1944
- Home of record
- Malverne, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 90
- KENNETH GORDON KLINEPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- JAMES FRANCIS POLUSNEYSpecialist Four · November 17, 1969
- ARTURO CANTU RODRIQUEZStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1969
- THOMAS FRANKLIN ROGERS JRCorporal · November 17, 1969
From Malverne
- WILLIAM ESPOSITOPrivate First Class · June 21, 1967
- STEPHEN TRUE MOODYWarrant Officer 1 · July 2, 1969
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.