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WESLEY HAROLD ROSE
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
January 4, 1935 – October 1, 1972
Service recordWesley Harold Rose, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 1, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 79
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Gunner's Mate (Guns) (GMG)
- Born
- January 4, 1935
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1972
- Age
- 37
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1972. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 79
- LANNY ALLEN YORKFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1972
- RALPH LEWIS ROBINSONSeaman · October 1, 1972
- RICKY LEE RUCKERSeaman Apprentice · October 1, 1972
- JEFFREY LYNN SCHELLERSeaman Apprentice · October 1, 1972
- DAVID LEE SCOTTSeaman · October 1, 1972
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.