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MATTHEW PETER ROCHE JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 18, 1945 – January 3, 1970
Service recordMatthew Peter Roche JR, of New York, New York, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 123
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 18, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 123
- CHARLES ROBERT OLSONLance Corporal · January 3, 1970
- GENE JOHN OLSONWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1970
- KENNETH EDWARD PERRYCorporal · January 3, 1970
- JIMMY DOYLE SANDERSCorporal · January 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY ERNEST EICHELERPrivate First Class · Panel 15W, Line 121
- RONALD ARTHUR JENNIGESSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 122
- CLAUDE ARTHUR KNIGHTSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 122
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.