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JOHN MICHAEL ROSA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 1, 1950 – November 15, 1969
Service recordJohn Michael Rosa, of Brentwood, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 80
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- O-1/U-6 Airplane Repairman (67B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 1, 1950
- Home of record
- Brentwood, New York (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 80
- JAMES JOHN GUNDERSONSergeant · November 15, 1969
- FOREST CLAYTON HODGKINSpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
- EVERETT RALPH JORENS JRSergeant · November 15, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS KASTNERPrivate First Class · November 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD THOMAS KASTNERPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 80
- JOHN EDWARD POOLECorporal · Panel 16W, Line 81
- TERRY LESTER ZUMALTPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 83
From Brentwood
- RICHARD P LANCASTER JRPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- WILLIAM WELLSPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- EDWARD LYNN LABARRPetty Officer Third Class · July 29, 1967
- JAMES SEIDENSTICKERPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- PETER COLICCHIOPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- NICHOLAS HEFER FRITZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1968
- MICHAEL CACCIUTTOLOPrivate First Class · April 23, 1968
- ALAN PAUL PAGLIARONISpecialist Four · May 3, 1968
- GARY ARNALDO GUASPSecond Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- DANIEL JOHN HOMMELCorporal · May 25, 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.