Richard Abbott Rosbeck (1938 - 1966)

Born 2 Dec 1938 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

Ancestors

Died 3 Oct 1966 at age 27 in Mekong Delta, South Vietnam

Biography

CPT Richard Rosbeck Died in Military Service during the Vietnam War.

CPT Richard Rosbeck served in the United States Army in the Vietnam War
Service started: c. 1966
Unit(s): 175th Aviation Company
Service ended: 3 Oct 1966

Parents

Father: Irving J. Rosbeck

Mother : Nancy Abbott

Spouse

Military Service

Army Aviator

Bronze Star

Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Event Type: Death

Event Date: 3 Oct 1966

Event Place: Province and Military Region Unknown, South Vietnam

Military Tour Date: 11 Mar 1966

Casualty Type: Non-Hostile, (weather related crash)

Casualty Cause Note: Air Loss, Crash - Land

Military Unit: Army

Military Component: Reserve

Military Command: 1st Avn Bde

Military Company or Battery: 175th Aviation Co

Military Rank: Captain

Occupation: Rotary Wing Aviator (ARMY)

Service Number: O5010424

Religion: Congregational Christian

Marital Status: Married

Residence Place: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Panel: 11E

Burial

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4FR-77S : 29 July 2019), Richard A Rosbeck in household of Irving J Rosbeck, Ward 5, Newton, Newton City, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 9-443, sheet 4B, line 62, family 80, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1615.

• "United States Casualties of Army Personnel, Dependents and Civilian Employees, 1961-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXCC-4F9 : 12 December 2014), Richard A Rossbeck, 03 Oct 1966; citing Death, , NARA NAID 641697, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "United States Military Personnel who Died During the Vietnam War, 1956-2003," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXXB-634 : 12 December 2014), Richard A Rosbeck, 03 Oct 1966; citing , Province and Military Region Unknown, South Vietnam, panel 11E, line 041, NARA NAID 571687, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "United States Casualties of the Vietnam War, 1956-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXZW-J75 : 12 December 2014), Richard A Rosbeck, NARA NAID 306742, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VMFX-YPY : 19 May 2014), Richard Rosbeck, Oct 1966; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK5-G2RR : 13 December 2015), Richard A Rosbeck, 1966; Burial, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia, United States of America, Arlington National Cemetery; citing record ID 49304844, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Richard A Rosbeck at Virtual Wall.org

• Richard A. Rosbeck at The Wall of Faces