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RICHARD JOHN ROCHACZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1949 – February 21, 1969
Service recordRichard John Rochacz, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 21, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ear, Nose, And Throat Specialist (91U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 498 MED CO USARV
- Born
- May 2, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date February 21, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32W, Line 73
- CLARENCE ROBINSON JRPrivate First Class · February 21, 1969
- HARRY QUINCY ROSECaptain · February 21, 1969
- VICTOR STEVEN SCHLICHTINGStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1969
- WILLIAM BLAKE SCOTTSpecialist Four · February 21, 1969
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.