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VINCENT LOUIS ROSSI SR
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 10, 1932 – November 15, 1970
Service recordVincent Louis Rossi SR, of Gloversville, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1970, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 62
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Data Communications Terminal Specialist (72F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- December 10, 1932
- Home of record
- Gloversville, New York (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1970
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 62
- WILLIS EDWARD EALEYSpecialist Four · November 15, 1970
- BERT MARRION GUENTHER JRSergeant · November 15, 1970
- THURSTON CONRAD HEAGGANSCorporal · November 15, 1970
- RICHARD WILLIAM SALMONDCaptain · November 15, 1970
From Gloversville
- GARY JAMES SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- ALAN CHARLES DONNELLYLance Corporal · November 14, 1968
- HAROLD RILEY SIMONDSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1969
- MATTHEW JOHN BAURLELance Corporal · May 29, 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.