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LEO JAMES ROSE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 27, 1929 – January 11, 1971
Service recordLeo James Rose, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1971, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 27, 1929
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1971
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 40
- JAMES FREDERICK HUGGINSSpecialist Four · January 11, 1971
- THOMAS FRANKLIN IRVINSpecialist Four · January 11, 1971
- WILLIAM FRANK JOHNSONWarrant Officer 1 · January 11, 1971
- DAVID LEE MEYERStaff Sergeant · January 11, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN RAY GRAYSpecialist Four · Panel 5W, Line 39
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.