David Rossi's age in Criminal Minds
Bios have David Rossi from Criminal Minds born in 1956; but in Vietnam in 1969. Impossible, since he would only be 13 at that time.
What explains this contradiction and what would the character's real birthdate be? Where do those biographies derive his age or Vietnam service from? Has this been mentioned in the show itself?
Best Answer
Well, it was illegal, but theoretically possible, for someone born in 1956 to be in the US military in Vietnam in 1969.
Dan Bullock is believed to have been the youngest US serviceman killed in action in Vietnam. He was born December 21, 1953, and lied about his age to enlist September 18, 1968 age 14 years, 8 months, and 28 days. He arrived in Vietnam May 18, 1969 (15 years, 4 months, & 27 days) and killed June 7, 1969 (age 15 years, 5 months, & 17 days).
Since only a minority of Marines in Vietnam were killed in action, there should have been several as young as Dan Bullock who survived their tours of duty, and possibly someone as young as David Rossi might have been.
If David Rossi of Criminal Minds lied about his age to enlist, then he might have been born sometime between January 1, 1956 and December 31, 1956, and arrived in Vietnam sometime between January 1, 1969 and December 31, 1969. Thus his age when he arrived in Vietnam might have ranged from twelve years and one day to thirteen years, eleven months, and thirty days (one day before his fourteenth birthday).
Thus it is unlikely, but theoretically possible, that a boy David Rossi's age could have looked old enough to claim to be 18 and enlist and serve in Vietnam in 1969.
Or maybe the sources you used for David Rossi's biography are in error.
Or maybe the writers of Criminal minds didn't notice that it doesn't add up. There is a TV Tropes trope called "Writers Cannot Do Math". It does discuss Criminal Minds, but not Rossi's timeline.
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Did Rossi have a son that died?
Not much about Carolyn's past is disclosed, other than the she was born on June 8, 1955, and that she was Rossi's first wife. She first met Rossi at a bar called The Benjamin ("Gatekeeper"). The two of them had a son named James, who died either before, during, or after childbirth.Did Rossi name his son after Gideon?
Gideon named his son Stephen after David Stephen Rossi. Gideon and Rossi started what was to become the B.A.U. in the late 1970s. Although both of their wives were pregnant at the same time, Rossi's wife, Carolyn, gave birth to a stillborn son, James, in April of 1979.I misteri della morte di David Rossi - Storie italiane 21/12/20
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Answer 2
Well, I will chalk it up to the writers not doing the math. In season 3, episode 7, Rossi told the team that he was 52. That episode was in in 2007 and since the show was keeping with the current time, that would make him born in '55.
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