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LAWRENCE CARROLL ROSE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 2, 1945 – September 2, 1968
Service recordLawrence Carroll Rose, of Elmhurst, Illinois, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1968, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 28
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1945
- Home of record
- Elmhurst, Illinois (Du Page County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 28
- JACK CLARE PLUMBMajor · September 2, 1968
- RODNEY LEE RANSOMPrivate · September 2, 1968
- JERRY LYNN ROBINSONSpecialist Four · September 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CURTIS NEIL EVANSPrivate First Class · Panel 45W, Line 25
From Elmhurst
- JACK ARTHUR SCHNEIDERPrivate First Class · June 4, 1966
- THOMAS JEROME LESTONPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- STEVE JOHN CHURCHILLPrivate · May 18, 1967
- LARRY RAY PALMERLance Corporal · September 10, 1967
- JOHN HENRY CURTINFirst Lieutenant · January 2, 1968
- JAMES THOMAS CUMMINGS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- DAVID RONALD BURKES JRCorporal · June 28, 1968
- STEVEN ROBERT MAJORFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1968
- KENNETH ERWIN STEINHEBELCorporal · February 23, 1969
- DAVID EDWARD SCHULZEPrivate First Class · March 1, 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.