35th Infantry (Cacti) Regiment Association


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  PFC Floyd R. Rosette    In memory of our fallen brother

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; for he to-day that sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"



Love Company
35th Infantry Regiment
Korean War


"Not For Fame or Reward
Not For Place or For Rank
But In Simple Obedience To
Duty as They Understood It"

National Defense Service Medal Korean Service Medal United Nations Korean Service Medal Republic of Korea War Service Medal



The 35th Infantry Regiment Association salutes our fallen brother, PFC Floyd R. Rosette, US56053401, who died in the service of his country on March 17th, 1952 in North Korea. The cause of death was listed as KIA. At the time of his death Floyd was 23 years of age. He was from Grand Junction, Colorado. Floyd's Military Occupation Specialty was 3666-Medical Aidman.

The decorations earned by PFC Floyd R. Rosette include: the Combat Medical Badge, the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Korea Service Medal, and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.


Private First Class Rosette was a medic with Love Company, 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. He was Killed in Action while tending his wounded comrades in North Korea on March 17, 1952. Private First Class Rosette was awarded the Purple Heart, the Combat Medical Badge, the Korean Service Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, the National Defense Service Medal and the Republic of Korea War Service Medal.

Burial:
Orchard Mesa Cemetery
Grand Junction
Mesa County
Colorado, USA