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DON LESLIE ROCK
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 14, 1947 – November 19, 1969
Service recordDon Leslie Rock, of Spokane, Washington, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 19, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 96
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 57 MED DET USARV
- Born
- January 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Spokane, Washington (Spokane County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 19, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “57 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 96
- WILLIAM CALVIN JAMESPrivate First Class · November 19, 1969
- GEORGE ERNEST MILLERCorporal · November 19, 1969
- MICHAEL ANTHONY PFEUFERSpecialist Four · November 19, 1969
- REX MARCEL SHERMANCorporal · November 19, 1969
From Spokane
- TIMOTHY MICHAEL LANGFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1963
- DELOSS WILLIAM ANDERSON JRPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DUANE CHARLES SCHELLStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WALTER PIPER JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- CHARLES EUGENE ANDERSONSergeant · March 5, 1966
- MARK JEFFREY GARDELLAPrivate First Class · March 20, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD WESTSergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- JOSEPH RAYMOND ELLMANPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOLIENSergeant · June 30, 1966
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.