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HECTOR M SANCHEZ-ROHENA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 18, 1946 – March 19, 1969
Service recordHector M Sanchez-Rohena, of Carolina, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 19, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Surveillance And Target Acquisition Crewman (17A)
- Born
- April 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Carolina, Puerto Rico (Carolina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 83
- JACK LEE REXRODESpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- MERVIN RALPH RICHTERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1969
- ELLIS ANDRE ROBERTSONLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
- CHARLES ROECKLLance Corporal · March 19, 1969
From Carolina
- MANUEL GONZALEZ-MALDONADAPrivate First Class · October 22, 1965
- RUBEN A VAZQUEZ-BERRIOSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- JOSE EMILI BENITEZ-RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1968
- CARMELO SOSA-HIRALDOPrivate First Class · August 24, 1968
- WALTER XABIER MENDEZPrivate First Class · February 1, 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.