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JOHN L ROSEMOND
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 21, 1948 – May 24, 1969
Service recordJohn L Rosemond, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 24, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 98
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date May 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 98
- STEPHEN LEWIS MCCARVELSergeant · May 24, 1969
- GRAFTON LAWRENCE PERRYPrivate First Class · May 24, 1969
- DERRILL LE ROY PRICE JRSpecialist Four · May 24, 1969
- CORTEZ ALLEN RANDOLPHPrivate · May 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TIMOTHY J BALLINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 92
- WILLIAM HENRY BESKE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 92
- WILLIAM HENRY DARDENCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 93
- ALLEN MICHAEL GRAFFSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 95
- ORVILLE HAMPTONSergeant First Class · Panel 24W, Line 95
- JOHN HERBERT PLATTPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 97
- DERRILL LE ROY PRICE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 98
- RICHARD MARTIN SCHNAKEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 99
- FARRELL JAMES VICESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 100
- GARY ANTHONY WALLACEPrivate First Class · Panel 24W, Line 100
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 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.