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THOMAS ELDEN ROSE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 26, 1948 – July 19, 1969
Service recordThomas Elden Rose, of Findlay, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 22
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)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Findlay, Ohio (Hancock County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 22
- JAMES EDWIN MCPIKESergeant · July 19, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD NULTON IISpecialist Five · July 19, 1969
- ALFONSO OLMOSSpecialist Four · July 19, 1969
- MICHAEL SCOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD FRANCIS DEUTSCHPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 18
- JAMES ROBERT DEVNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 18
- ROBERT LEE ROY SEEKAMPPrivate First Class · Panel 20W, Line 23
From Findlay
- JOHN PETER BARTLEYCaptain · February 3, 1963
- SAMUEL THEODORE BAKERPrivate First Class · October 19, 1965
- JAMES LEE TWEEDSergeant · September 9, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN KELLYPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- EMERSON PAUL COLESergeant · March 28, 1968
- BARRY DAVID LORDPrivate First Class · April 13, 1968
- ROBERT CARL HARTLEYPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- ROBERT LINLEY GARDNERTechnical Sergeant · July 30, 1968
- TIMOTHY HOWARD WEAKSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1968
- JOSEPH EDWARD STRAWBRIDGESpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
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.