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JOSEPH FRANK ROSATO
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 31, 1931 – June 2, 1966
Service recordJoseph Frank Rosato, of Hudson, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 2, 1966, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 134 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 134
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 558 TFS
- Born
- January 31, 1931
- Home of record
- Hudson, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1966; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 7E, Line 134
- DOUGLAS MCARTHUR BURNETTSergeant · June 2, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- HAROLD BARNETT NELSONLance Corporal · June 2, 1966
- LEROY PAUL PRAIRIEPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
From Hudson
- JERRY EDWARD GORNEYFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1967
- JOHN DARLINGTON PEACE IIICommander · December 31, 1967
- RONALD LEE DAVIDSONSecond Lieutenant · August 5, 1968
- ARMOUR DAVID WILCOX IIISergeant · December 8, 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.