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PHILLIP LEONARD ROUSE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 6, 1946 – May 5, 1967
Service recordPhillip Leonard Rouse, of Hampton, Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 45
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Crane Operator (62F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1946
- Home of record
- Hampton, Virginia (Hampton (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 45
- WOODROW WILLIAMSLance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- JAMES ARMAND PLUMMERStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1967
- JOSEPH PAUL RANDOPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- RICKEY DON REVLANDPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- GARY WAYNE RODRIGUESSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
From Hampton
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS HOPSONPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- JOHN KIRKLAND THOMPSONPrivate First Class · November 24, 1966
- JOE FRANKLIN WALKERStaff Sergeant · February 4, 1967
- ERNEST VICTOR HENSEL JRWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1967
- THOMAS J EVANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 1, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
- ALTON SMITHSergeant · March 18, 1967
- FELIX BOYD HAWKINSLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL HERRINGCorporal · July 7, 1967
- DONALD BEN ADAMS JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1967
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.