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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Max Emmanuel Rosen.

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MAX EMMANUEL ROSEN

First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force

April 25, 1943 – October 8, 1969

Service record

Max Emmanuel Rosen, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on October 8, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 17W · Line 52

Position of Panel 17W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
First Lieutenant (1STLT)
Service
Regular
Born
April 25, 1943
Home of record
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 8, 1969
Age
26
Province
Binh Dinh
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

24 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1969; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 17W, Line 52

From Philadelphia

All 622 names from Philadelphia →

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.