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GEORGE XAVIER ROCHA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 2, 1946 – December 18, 1967
Service recordGeorge Xavier Rocha, of Garden Grove, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 18, 1967, in Darlac Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Garden Grove, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 18, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Darlac
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date December 18, 1967; he was the only one lost in Darlac Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 18
- JAMES HOWARD BUSH JRPrivate First Class · December 18, 1967
- ERNEST MAYPrivate First Class · December 18, 1967
- JOSEPH MORGAN JRSpecialist Four · December 18, 1967
- MARSHALL LEROY RITZPrivate First Class · December 18, 1967
From Garden Grove
- CARROLL MONROE BIERMAN JRCorporal · June 4, 1965
- ERNEST DARRELL MITCHELLPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT PETERSENPrivate First Class · March 31, 1967
- MICHAEL ROY NELSONSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- HARVEY RICHARD SANDERSCorporal · May 12, 1967
- JAMES PATRICK FITZSIMMONSLance Corporal · May 18, 1967
- JON ROY HONRATHPrivate First Class · August 17, 1967
- ALLAN GEORGE KALFASLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
- GARY LEE BARKERSergeant · October 17, 1967
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · November 25, 1967
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.