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JOHN ROCHE
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1946 – December 15, 1969
Service recordJohn Roche, of Los Angeles, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 15, 1969, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 60
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 15, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 15, 1969; five of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 60
- DAVID ALLEN PENDELLCorporal · December 15, 1969
- DONALD RAY ROSESpecialist Five · December 15, 1969
- MONTE LEWIS STAMMPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- DON EUGENE STOCKTON JRFirst Lieutenant · December 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RONALD CHARLES COLLINSPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 58
- FARRISH COMBSCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 58
- DANIEL MILLARD DAWSONSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 58
- JAMES PATRICK NUGENTPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 59
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.