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RICHARD MICHAEL ROCCO
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 15, 1948 – March 16, 1969
Service recordRichard Michael Rocco, of Amsterdam, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 16, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 57
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Radio Operator (2531)
- Born
- November 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Amsterdam, New York (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while Operation Dewey Canyon was under way. In Operation Dewey Canyon (22 January–18 March 1969) the 9th Marines struck North Vietnamese base areas in the Đa Krông and A Shau valleys, the last major Marine offensive of the war. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 29W, Line 57
- MARLON WADE TROXELPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- CHARLES W WARRINGTON JRPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- LOUIS GERARD WHEELERSergeant · March 16, 1969
- JEFF WHITEHEADLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
From Amsterdam
- EDWARD STEPHEN STEFFEKPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- JOHN GEORGE BANSAVAGEStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1966
- EDWARD STANLEY KOPIKPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH CELMERCaptain · March 18, 1967
- LEONARD EDWARD NISKIMajor · May 10, 1967
- RICHARD WALTER BUDKACaptain · December 25, 1967
- FELIX ANTHONY SISARIOSergeant First Class · January 1, 1968
- RICHARD MICHAEL MANCINIPetty Officer Second Class · January 11, 1968
- DONATO JOSEPH SIMIELESergeant · June 9, 1968
- PETER FEDASCHSergeant · June 29, 1968
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.