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JOHN MARTIN ROUSCHER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 7, 1947 – January 11, 1969
Service recordJohn Martin Rouscher, of Manchester, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Manchester, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 73
- VAL LYNDON LAFONStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1969
- LEAVY CARLTON SOLOMONSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
- MICHAEL DALE THOMASHospitalman · January 11, 1969
- MATTHEW WINSTON THORNTONSpecialist Four · January 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY LEROY LEMASergeant · Panel 35W, Line 71
- LEAVY CARLTON SOLOMONSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 73
- DAVID MICHAEL WILLIAMSFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 74
From Manchester
- PAUL HOWARD JACKSON JRCorporal · March 12, 1969
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.