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JON PATRICK ROCHE
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
February 5, 1947 – January 8, 1969
Service recordJon Patrick Roche, of Canisteo, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 54
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Canisteo, New York (Steuben County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1969. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 54
- GERALD JOSEPH DOWNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1969
- KENNETH FRANCIS DUPONTCorporal · January 8, 1969
- ALAN CLARK GILLESFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1969
- ALLAN BRUCE HILLCorporal · January 8, 1969
- NORMAN FRANKLIN RIDLEYAirman Apprentice · January 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN DOUGLAS BARTMANSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 53
- ROBERT DON CASESpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 53
- ALAN CLARK GILLESFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 54
From Canisteo
- DAMION RANDOLPH HILTSSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
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.