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RICHARD W ROSSIGNOL
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
December 3, 1946 – March 29, 1969
Service recordRichard W Rossignol, of Lewiston, Maine, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on March 29, 1969, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 86
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- December 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Lewiston, Maine (Androscoggin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 86
- DONALD FRANK ERVINLance Corporal · March 29, 1969
- MACK DONALD SHARPESpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- GLENN TEUGIO SHIBATACorporal · March 29, 1969
- RICHARD E SLAVENStaff Sergeant · March 29, 1969
From Lewiston
- MICHAEL JOHN MCGONAGLESergeant · October 17, 1966
- PAUL ROBERT WESTStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- ROLAND PHILIPPE GUERETTEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1966
- RONALD MEDFORD THOMAS IIPrivate First Class · April 9, 1967
- LAURIER DON DEROSIERSergeant · December 3, 1967
- NORMAND CAMILLE DESCHAINECorporal · June 7, 1968
- HAROLD GEORGE BRETONPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- THOMAS JOSEPH MCMAHONSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- LEO ROGER ASSELINPrivate First Class · June 12, 1969
- JAMES JOSEPH MCMORROWLance Corporal · November 10, 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.