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ROBERT EDWARD ROCKY
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 12, 1939 – September 17, 1966
Service recordRobert Edward Rocky, of Lincroft, New Jersey, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on September 17, 1966, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- November 12, 1939
- Home of record
- Lincroft, New Jersey (Monmouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966; three of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 AF”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 110
- EDWARD RAMOSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- MICHAEL CHARLES REEDLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- CLAIBORNE LAVELLE SHAWLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- WILLIAM FRY SIEGERTSpecialist Four · September 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD DEAN MCCANNCaptain · Panel 10E, Line 108
- MICHAEL EDWARD SURWALDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 111
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.