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SAMUEL EMMERSON ROUSH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 19, 1947 – May 7, 1968
Service recordSamuel Emmerson Roush, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 31
- GEORGE RANDLE JRPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARDSPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE SANZOVERINOSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- BERLIN ROBERT SHUMATESergeant · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GREGORY RANDALL GAINESSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 23
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 1966
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.