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RICHARD A ROSBECK
Captain · U.S. Army
December 2, 1938 – October 3, 1966
Service recordRichard A Rosbeck, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on October 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 41
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 175 AVN CO 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 2, 1938
- Home of record
- Cambridge, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1966
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 3, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 41
- JOHN WARREN MARTINPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- GREGORY DEAN MCKEAGUESpecialist Four · October 3, 1966
- JEROME JOSEPH SMITHCaptain · October 3, 1966
- DAVID ALBERT THORPEFirst Lieutenant · October 3, 1966
From Cambridge
- TIMOTHY JOSEPH LYNAHSpecialist Four · March 5, 1967
- ROGER MICHAEL HURDLance Corporal · May 21, 1967
- EDWARD STEPHEN DUFFETTLance Corporal · September 18, 1967
- ROBERT STEPHEN WALSHPrivate First Class · November 7, 1967
- PAUL WILLIAM RUMRILLCorporal · January 10, 1968
- FRANK PAUL JENCZYK JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- PAUL RAYMOND THERIAULTCorporal · May 24, 1968
- GERARD FRANCIS BERGINPrivate · August 27, 1968
- RICHARD JAMES QUINNPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- RICHARD ARTHUR LAMEIRASSergeant · March 9, 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.