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JERRY GENE ROSE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 16, 1951 – July 13, 1969
Service recordJerry Gene Rose, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 13, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 113
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- April 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 13, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 13, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 113
- JOHN D MARTINSergeant · July 13, 1969
- WILLIAM TORBERT MARTINWarrant Officer 1 · July 13, 1969
- REYNALDO MARTINEZSpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
- JOSEPH MORRIGGISpecialist Four · July 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLIAM COLECorporal · Panel 21W, Line 111
- JERRY MANNINGPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 112
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · December 5, 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.