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LAWRENCE OLIVER ROSE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 4, 1947 – June 10, 1968
Service recordLawrence Oliver Rose, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 10, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 20
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 4, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 10, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 58W, Line 20
- TODD DUANE KELSOSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- LARRY T MILLERPrivate First Class · June 10, 1968
- DAVID ZOHLEEH NARAMORE JRSpecialist Four · June 10, 1968
- JIMMY HERMAN SMITHLance Corporal · June 10, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.