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GEORGE ROJAS YCOCO
Seaman · U.S. Navy
January 3, 1942 – November 24, 1967
Service recordGeorge Rojas Ycoco, of Douglas, Arizona, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 24, 1967, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 83
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USNAVFORV
- Born
- January 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Douglas, Arizona (Cochise County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; five of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USNAVFORV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 83
- LEWIS HERBERT ABRAMSColonel · November 25, 1967
- CARL RAY BARNHARTPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
- BORIS FRANZ M BORENSTEINCorporal · November 25, 1967
- JAMES FREDERICK BROWNPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DALE EDWARD EGBERTSeaman · Panel 30E, Line 76
- LONNIE BERNARD EVANSPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 30E, Line 76
- JOSEPH LOUIS JOHN SIMONPetty Officer First Class · Panel 30E, Line 81
From Douglas
- JOSE LUIS MORENOSergeant · August 28, 1966
- ANTONIO MONTANO SALINASPrivate First Class · July 24, 1967
- MARK AUGUST LAMPRECHTPrivate First Class · January 13, 1968
- ROBERT ANTHONY ROMEROSpecialist Four · July 27, 1968
- JORGE ALVARADO SILVASSpecialist Four · August 30, 1968
- GERONIMO LOPEZ GRIJALVAPrivate First Class · September 4, 1968
- RENE MEDEGUARIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- JOHN EDWARD PARTONCorporal · July 4, 1972
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.