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ROSCOE AMMERMAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 11, 1928 – October 3, 1965
Service recordRoscoe Ammerman, of Madison, Wisconsin, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 3, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 102
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- April 11, 1928
- Home of record
- Madison, Wisconsin (Dane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 3, 1965
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Quang Nam
- 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 October 3, 1965; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 102
- JOHN LOWASPrivate · October 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
From Madison
- JEAN PIERRE DOWLINGLance Corporal · January 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH BANOVEZ JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- WILLY VASCILLE QUASTStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1967
- THOMAS ERWIN MATUSHPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- CHARLES JOHN THOMAMajor · January 12, 1967
- LEONARD DEAN THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1967
- GORDON WAYNE STOFLETLance Corporal · June 29, 1967
- VERNON GENE STICHSpecialist Four · August 7, 1967
- MARK WILLARD NEUMANNSpecialist Four · August 25, 1967
- ROBERT P CASPERSEN IISpecialist Four · November 15, 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.