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JOHN CHARLES ROSE
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
July 29, 1944 – April 10, 1970
Service recordJohn Charles Rose, of Bloomfield, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 10, 1970, in Thailand, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Bloomfield, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1970. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 121
- ROY WALKERTechnical Sergeant · April 10, 1970
- THOMAS L WATERMANSergeant · April 10, 1970
- HOWELL FRANK BLAKEYLance Corporal · April 11, 1970
- EMILIO A DELA GARZA JRLance Corporal · April 11, 1970
From Bloomfield
- WILLIAM ERNEST SWAYKOSSpecialist Four · January 23, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD MYERSLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINCorporal · July 7, 1967
- RAYMOND WILBERT FRITZ JRSergeant · October 4, 1967
- THOMAS ROBERT BOYDENPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- MICHAEL BERNARD CERVERASpecialist Four · February 3, 1968
- JOSEPH FRANCIS BURNHAMPrivate First Class · May 19, 1968
- JOSEPH OLESON JRFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD DODSONFirst Lieutenant · July 7, 1968
- CHESTER COSGROVELance Corporal · November 17, 1968
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.