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RUDOLPH ROSSI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 19, 1948 – May 18, 1969
Service recordRudolph Rossi, of Howard Beach, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 18, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 49
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Howard Beach, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
81 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 49
- JOHN CHARLES PAPECaptain · May 18, 1969
- GARY JEROME J SCHEULENSergeant · May 18, 1969
- JIMMY DWAYNE SELLSMajor · May 18, 1969
- THOMAS GABRIEL SOTOStaff Sergeant · May 18, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PAUL GEORGE BELLINOCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 36
- LINCOLN E BUNDYSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 37
- GREGORY DOUGLAS CORNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 38
- RALPH JOEL CRUTTSSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 38
- CHARLES JOSEPH CUDLIKESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 39
- THOMAS JOSEPH DEMARINISCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 39
- JAMES ALBERT DIMOCK JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 39
- DAVID GARTH FINNEGANSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 40
- JAMES ROCCO FIUMECorporal · Panel 24W, Line 40
- PAUL HUNTINGTON GANUNCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 41
- HAROLD C HEDDEN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 42
- LEONARD MARTIN HICKSONSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 42
- RUSSELL LANE JETTSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 43
- WILLIE LEE KIRKLANDSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 44
- BIRDEN JEROME LAWSONCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 44
- THOMAS DELANO LIPSCOMBFirst Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 44
- JERRY MICHAEL LOVELLSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 45
- DONALD JOSEPH MALICEKCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 45
- HANS LOTHAR MILLSSpecialist Five · Panel 24W, Line 45
- MIGUEL ORTEGA MORENOSergeant · Panel 24W, Line 45
- BOBBY GENE NEWBYCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 46
- WILLIAM J PETERSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 24W, Line 47
- JORDY JOSEPH PITRESpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 48
- JOHN CHARLES PAPECaptain · Panel 24W, Line 49
From Howard Beach
- WALTER JOSEPH WETZELPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- PHILIP GEORGE COLONNASergeant · June 8, 1968
- PETER PULASKI JRCorporal · January 4, 1970
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.