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ROBERT OCHOA
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 21, 1946 – November 21, 1967
Service recordRobert Ochoa, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1967, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; four of them were lost in Kien Tuong Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 58
- JERRY DUANE MCDONALDCorporal · November 21, 1967
- ROBERT LEE MCLEODPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- VAUGHN THOMAS ONEILPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- RAYMOND PLUMEYSergeant · November 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRED RICHARD DODECorporal · Panel 30E, Line 55
- JERRY DUANE MCDONALDCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 58
- JESUS D RIVERA-MELENDEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 59
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
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.