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ONSBY RAY ROSE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 30, 1945 – May 18, 1966
Service recordOnsby Ray Rose, of Clinchco, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Clinchco, Virginia (Dickenson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 83
- WILLIAM JOHN MOOREStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- ANTONIO PARADA-BARRERAPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- ALBERT RICHARD WILSONFirst Lieutenant · May 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JERRY W BELLSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 79
- CLARENCE E HAGEYSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 81
- JAMES KENNEDY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 82
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 83
- FRANK TIMOTHY SHELTONPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 84
- JIMMY GOETHEL STEWARTStaff Sergeant · Panel 7E, Line 84
- ASTER WATTSSergeant First Class · Panel 7E, Line 84
From Clinchco
- BOBBY RAY JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 4, 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.