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WILLIAM ROBERT ROUSSOS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 8, 1947 – October 17, 1966
Service recordWilliam Robert Roussos, of Niles, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 84
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 First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- July 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Niles, Michigan (Berrien County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 84
- ARTHUR GERALD MCNALLYPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- RAYMOND JEFFERSON ROSS JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1966
- EDWARD GEORGE SALONISHPetty Officer First Class · October 17, 1966
- DAVID LEE SKINNERLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
From Niles
- ROBERT LEWIS LINN JRPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT VINNEDGESpecialist Four · October 5, 1969
- CARL DEAN DIXONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- JERRY MICHAEL WEAVERStaff Sergeant · July 16, 1970
- JAMES ALLEN WELLSCaptain · September 16, 1971
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.