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Gumesindo De La Rosa
Specialist Four
D CO, 1ST BN, 11TH INFANTRY, 5TH INF DIV, USARV Army of the United States Riviera, Texas December 26, 1948 to November 12, 1969 GUMESINDO DE LA ROSA is on the Wall at Panel W16, Line 62 |
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Gumesindo de la RosaSpecialist FourD CO, 1ST BN, 11TH INFANTRY, 5 INF DIV Army of the United States 26 December 1948 - 12 November 1969 Riviera, Texas Panel 16W Line 062 |
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SP4 GUMESINDO DE LA ROSA, D-1/11 Infantry, 1st Bde, 5th Infantry Division, played football for his Riviera Independent School District High School in Riviera, Texas. Perhaps the lessons of football were with SP4 De La Rosa on 12 November 1969 when he insisted he be allowed to go on the mission with his brothers as their machine gunner; then later as he provided supressing fire during their assault in Northern Quang Tri Province. Wounded and downed by small arms fire, De La Rosa suddenly rose with his machine gun and began cutting down the enemy. He continued until the effects of his wounds rendered him ineffective. When a medic began rendering first aid, he too was wounded and killed.
From a Fifth Infantry Division Vietnam Veteran, |
A Note from The Virtual WallDelta Co, 1/11 Infantry, lost three men in the action of 12 Nov 1969:
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