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RICHARD JOSEPH ROSSANO
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 23, 1950 – March 25, 1971
Service recordRichard Joseph Rossano, of New York, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 78
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- July 23, 1950
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1971; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 78
- JEROME ELLIS JACKSONPrivate · March 25, 1971
- MANUEL RAMERIZ PUENTESStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1971
- LARRY ARNOLD SIMONSONSpecialist Four · March 25, 1971
- RANDALL ALAN THOMPSONCorporal · March 25, 1971
- ROBERT LEE WUNDERPrivate First Class · March 25, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DOYLE FOSTERSergeant First Class · Panel 4W, Line 76
- R D MCDONELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 77
- MANUEL RAMERIZ PUENTESStaff Sergeant · Panel 4W, Line 78
- RANDALL ALAN THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 78
- ROBERT LEE WUNDERPrivate First Class · Panel 4W, Line 78
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.