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JOSE ANTONIO ROSAS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 22, 1939 – May 8, 1967
Service recordJose Antonio Rosas, of Weslaco, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 65
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- September 22, 1939
- Home of record
- Weslaco, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 65
- DAVID LOU ROWELLPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS VALENTINE RUFF JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- RONALD WALTER SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- GERARD JOSEPH SCHNEIDERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
From Weslaco
- JAMES CALVIN CASTONCaptain · August 10, 1965
- ROBERTO PEREZCorporal · February 9, 1966
- MARIO YBARRAPrivate First Class · March 6, 1966
- JAVIER BECERRALance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- JOE DANIEL DUNNStaff Sergeant · March 1, 1968
- RUBEN RIVERALance Corporal · August 26, 1969
- ROBERT BRADFORD HAYSCorporal · July 21, 1970
- JESUS GARCIA SEPULVEDAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1972
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.