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ALAN MICHAEL ROUCHON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 19, 1948 – June 19, 1969
Service recordAlan Michael Rouchon, of Ft Leavenworth, Kansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1969, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 93
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Leavenworth, Kansas (Leavenworth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1969; four of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 93
- JOHN HENRY PRIEST JRSergeant · June 19, 1969
- ISRAEL RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · June 19, 1969
- PAUL HENRY SCHAEFFERSergeant · June 19, 1969
- VICTOR THOMAS SHAFFERSpecialist Five · June 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DAVID BACASergeant · Panel 22W, Line 84
- GLENN SHELDON HAUKENESS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 22W, Line 89
- ROBERT ALWYN WILLIAMSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 22W, Line 94
From Ft Leavenworth
- PATRICK KENDAL HARROLDCaptain · December 5, 1969
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.