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JOSE MARIE ROCHA
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 30, 1948 – February 7, 1971
Service recordJose Marie Rocha, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Milwaukee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 84
- RUSSELL GLEN BLOCHERSergeant · February 7, 1971
- DONALD LLOYD MEEHAN JRSpecialist Four · February 7, 1971
- CHARLES LAMONT PEACECorporal · February 7, 1971
- DOUGLAS RALPH SCHMALTZCorporal · February 7, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES LAMONT PEACECorporal · Panel 5W, Line 84
From Milwaukee
- TOM JOSEPH CRESSLieutenant · January 6, 1961
- ROBERT BURGERTSergeant · February 13, 1963
- PETER MATTHEW FEIERABENDPrivate First Class · February 16, 1964
- THADDEUS ZAJACSpecialist Four · September 27, 1965
- JAMES CALVIN WARDPrivate First Class · October 11, 1965
- TIMOTHY HOLTON JOHNSONPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- RICHARD WILLIAM SCHWENDLERCorporal · November 16, 1965
- MICHAEL ALFRED GRUBERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- RICHARD JOSEPH BRUNKEPrivate First Class · December 14, 1965
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 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.