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RAYMOND ALFRED ROSE
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
January 24, 1942 – August 4, 1971
Service recordRaymond Alfred Rose, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1971, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 122
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Power Generation Equipment Operator/Mechanic (52B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- January 24, 1942
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1971
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1971; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 122
- GLEN JOHNSON TALIAFERROFirst Lieutenant · August 2, 1971
- EDWIN NEWTON TROXELMajor · August 2, 1971
- ROBERT ALLEN PULASKISergeant · August 3, 1971
- MARK LELAND HAMILTONSpecialist Four · August 4, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MARK LELAND HAMILTONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 122
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 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.