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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Allen Roossien.

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ROBERT ALLEN ROOSSIEN

Sergeant · U.S. Army

June 26, 1949 – May 12, 1969

Service record

Robert Allen Roossien, of Wyoming, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 25W · Line 83

Position of Panel 25W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Sergeant (SGT)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Radio Operator (05B)
Unit (as recorded)
1 INF DIV
Born
June 26, 1949
Home of record
Wyoming, Michigan (Kent County)

Casualty

Date of death
May 12, 1969
Age
19
Province
Binh Long
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Grenade

Context · from the records

What was happening

170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 25W, Line 83

Same unit, same day

From Wyoming

All 15 names from Wyoming →

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.