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JOHN DONALD ROCHE
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 28, 1933 – December 15, 1967
Service recordJohn Donald Roche, of Bay City, Michigan, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 5
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- July 28, 1933
- Home of record
- Bay City, Michigan (Bay County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1967; 27 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 5
- JOHN H LATTIN JRFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1967
- MICHAEL DENNIS SANDERCorporal · December 15, 1967
- ROBERT MITCHELL SAWAYACorporal · December 15, 1967
- PATRICK JACKSON SMITHSpecialist Four · December 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 96
- RICHARD ANTHONY CHOPPACorporal · Panel 31E, Line 96
- RAMON CORTES-ROSASpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 97
- ROBERT LEE FLORESSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 98
- WILLIE FRENCH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 98
- CHARLES WAYNE HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 98
- DAVID PRESTON JEWELLStaff Sergeant · Panel 31E, Line 99
- RONALD LAVERN KLAUSINGSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 99
- JAMES JOSEPH KOPRIVNIKARPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 99
- ANTHONY N LAPARDOSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 1
- OMAR LEBRON-DOMENECHSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 1
- ROBERT LEVINESergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 1
- EDWARD MICHAEL LOONEYSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 1
- WAYNE DAVID RYZASpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 1
- JAMES E LYNNSergeant First Class · Panel 32E, Line 2
- STEVEN MATARAZZOCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 2
- JOHN EDWARD MOGANSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 2
- RILEY CHARLES ONEIL JRCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 3
- JUAN SANCHEZ OZUNASergeant · Panel 32E, Line 3
- JOE PENA JRSergeant · Panel 32E, Line 4
- RICHARD MICHAEL PROSCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 4
- MICHAEL DENNIS SANDERCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 5
- ROY EDWARD SOUTHERLANDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 32E, Line 6
- JAMES TIERNOCorporal · Panel 32E, Line 6
From Bay City
- JERALD DUANE FRITZPrivate First Class · June 30, 1966
- MICHAEL EDWARD ALDERSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- JAMES LARRY BURNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- ALGER LAWRENCE WHITE JRSpecialist Five · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN BENSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES KLINELance Corporal · April 10, 1968
- JESSE CARMONA JRCorporal · May 3, 1968
- TERRANCE W ALLENSergeant · May 6, 1968
- ROGER RALPH MOLLSpecialist Four · August 23, 1968
- MICHAEL MURRAY DAVIDSONPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
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.