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ROBERT FRANCIS ROSE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 4, 1949 – May 31, 1969
Service recordRobert Francis Rose, of Ashland, Oregon, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 30
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Ashland, Oregon (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1969; four of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 30
- BILLY WAYNE PETTISPrivate First Class · May 31, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL PHILLIPSCaptain · May 31, 1969
- JOHNNY MACK PILSNERCorporal · May 31, 1969
- PHILIP AVERY PRATTSpecialist Four · May 31, 1969
From Ashland
- MICHAEL G SUDBOROUGHFirst Lieutenant · March 21, 1967
- BROOKE MCKAY SHADBURNECaptain · April 5, 1967
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.