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JAMES MILAN ROZO
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1948 – June 23, 1970
Service recordJames Milan Rozo, of Buffalo, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He was lost on June 23, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 86
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- October 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Buffalo, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 23, 1970
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Captured / prisoner of war
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 86
- THOMAS LYNN POOLESergeant · June 23, 1970
- DANNY LEON ROBINETTESpecialist Four · June 23, 1970
- DONALD ALBERT ROWLEYCorporal · June 23, 1970
- RICHARD JOHN SOLANOPetty Officer Second Class · June 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOE PALMER PEDERSONMaster Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 85
- ROBERT PAUL PHILLIPSStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 85
From Buffalo
- RICHARD MARION SROKACaptain · July 13, 1964
- KENNETH DAVID STANKIEWICZLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT CHAMBLEYStaff Sergeant · October 16, 1965
- HENRY JOHN PAWLICK JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1965
- THOMAS GEORGE HENSONSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- WILBUR CURRY JRStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1965
- RICHARD P CORSONPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- HENRY JAMES DOSTERCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DUANE KENNETH HEISERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MICHAEL KELLY MCGUIREAirman · February 16, 1966
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.