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KENNETH WAYNE ROCHE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 27, 1947 – February 22, 1968
Service recordKenneth Wayne Roche, of Nemaha, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 22, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Nemaha, Iowa (Sac County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 22, 1968; seven of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 64
- HARRISON CHARLES ALLEN JRPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD ISHMANSergeant · February 22, 1968
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- JON ALBERT JULIASergeant · February 22, 1968
- JAMES ANTHONY KOCHPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM E G BOBBITTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 57
- DOUGLAS ONEILL DAVISStaff Sergeant · Panel 40E, Line 61
- JAN DEAN DOXEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 61
- ARTHUR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · Panel 40E, Line 62
- EDWARD W GEROSpecialist Five · Panel 40E, Line 62
- DANNY LYNN GILSTRAPSecond Lieutenant · Panel 40E, Line 62
- RONALD LEE HILLSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 63
- THOMAS EARL WHITAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 40E, Line 70
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.