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ROOSEVELT SNOW ROME
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1934 – January 27, 1966
Service recordRoosevelt Snow Rome, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 101
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1934
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1966
- Age
- 32
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 101
- KENNETH GERARD MCBRIDELance Corporal · January 27, 1966
- JOHN MONKSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- THURMAN B SHOCKLEY JRSpecialist Four · January 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CAREY EDWIN BESTSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 99
- BONNIE PATALINGHUNG CASASStaff Sergeant · Panel 4E, Line 99
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 101
- WILBUR MEARL WISEPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 102
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.