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JEROME MICHAEL ROUSE
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 22, 1950 – November 2, 1970
Service recordJerome Michael Rouse, of Coleman, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 36
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Coleman, Wisconsin (Marinette County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 36
- GEORGE HENRY ROGALLAChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 2, 1970
- WENDELL TAYLORSergeant · November 2, 1970
- EUGENE HAYWARD CRUMPTONSpecialist Four · November 3, 1970
- ROBERT ALLEN DERRICKSergeant · November 3, 1970
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.