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VINCENT JOSEPH ROSSOTTO
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 3, 1946 – June 27, 1968
Service recordVincent Joseph Rossotto, of Dunkirk, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- November 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Dunkirk, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- 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 June 27, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 5
- BILLY W CHILDRESSSergeant · June 27, 1968
- RAYMOND PAUL DELUCASpecialist Four · June 27, 1968
- LUPERTO GARCIALance Corporal · June 27, 1968
- ELTON STANTON STALLSSpecialist Five · June 27, 1968
From Dunkirk
- HARRY LEONARD KAUS JRPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- DAHL JAMES LAPORTESergeant · August 24, 1965
- CURTIS EUGENE CRAWFORDCorporal · February 28, 1967
- WILLIAM G FELLINGER JRPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT L SAMUELSONSergeant · April 7, 1968
- RONALD WILLIAM FREEMANSpecialist Four · January 2, 1969
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.