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JOSEPH SAROCAM
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1934 – September 18, 1968
Service recordJoseph Sarocam, of Waipahu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 30
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)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 21, 1934
- Home of record
- Waipahu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Phuoc Long Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 30
- STEVEN MICHAEL ORTPrivate · September 18, 1968
- WILLIAM D ROBINSON JRCaptain · September 18, 1968
- ALFRED M SCHROEDER JRFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1968
- EUGENE SMITHSergeant · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEWIS BROWNCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 25
- WILLIAM D ROBINSON JRCaptain · Panel 43W, Line 30
From Waipahu
- TONY R ARRIAGASergeant · May 6, 1966
- ABRAHAM PANGANORANStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1967
- HENRY T ARAGONStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1967
- RODNEY SALVADOR CANTOHOSCorporal · February 13, 1968
- EUGENE CHARLES WIREGunnery Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- ANDRES BALAIStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- LARRY MELVIN ALCOSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
- THOMAS RICHARD ROOTSergeant · July 27, 1969
- FRANKLIN DANIEL SIBAYANSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- ROBERT K SPILLNERStaff Sergeant · August 18, 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.