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THOMAS LOUIS ROSSI
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
May 7, 1950 – February 14, 1969
Service recordThomas Louis Rossi, of Woodland, California, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 14, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 34
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Postal Clerk (0161)
- Born
- May 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Woodland, California (Yolo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 34
- MARK FREDERICK POWERSLance Corporal · February 14, 1969
- SALVADOR ORTENCIO RICARDOCorporal · February 14, 1969
- BILLY DALE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1969
- STEPHEN LAWREN SCHUMACHERSpecialist Four · February 14, 1969
From Woodland
- DAVID JOSEPH BOYLESeaman · February 14, 1966
- JAMES GEORGE SCOTTSpecialist Four · June 26, 1967
- BRADLEY OLEN TILLINGHASTSergeant · July 12, 1967
- ARTHUR FRED MIRAMONTESPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT LEE STEWARTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1968
- CHRISTOPHER CASIASPrivate First Class · February 23, 1969
- GEORGE DEWEY BROOKSHIREPrivate First Class · September 1, 1969
- WILLIAM CHARLES SHINNStaff Sergeant · January 28, 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.