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ALEXANDER ANTHONY ROCZEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 16, 1947 – July 4, 1968
Service recordAlexander Anthony Roczen, of Fairport, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Fairport, New York (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 13
- CHARLES PETER SEARLESLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- RAYMOND BEN SHAWNCorporal · July 4, 1968
- DON TYRONE SHEARERLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- WILLIAM LEONARD SNODGRASSPrivate First Class · July 4, 1968
From Fairport
- LARRY JAMES BAKERPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
- LARRY GEORGE LUDWIGLance Corporal · July 5, 1967
- RICHARD LEE BALESFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1968
- JEFFREY DAVID SCHUMACHERPrivate First Class · June 14, 1971
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.