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RICHARD MICHAEL ROVINSKY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 9, 1942 – March 27, 1970
Service recordRichard Michael Rovinsky, of Kingston, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 50
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- December 9, 1942
- Home of record
- Kingston, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 50
- LESLIE EUGENE REMBERTFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1970
- ROBERT TED SCISLOSpecialist Four · March 27, 1970
- BAXTER WARRENSergeant · March 27, 1970
- WOODROW ALEXANDERSergeant · March 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE EUGENE REMBERTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 12W, Line 50
From Kingston
- THOMAS DONALD STEELEPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- RAYMOND JOSEPH SHIKOSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
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.