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ROBERT ROCHA GUERRA
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 2, 1947 – June 20, 1969
Service recordRobert Rocha Guerra, of Refugio, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 20, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 96
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Refugio, Texas (Refugio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date June 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 96
- DONALD LAMAR BLACKSTONCorporal · June 20, 1969
- JOHN DEMEYCaptain · June 20, 1969
- DENNIS RAY FORNEYSergeant · June 20, 1969
- JOSEPH JAMES GOETZER JRPrivate First Class · June 20, 1969
From Refugio
- CARL EDWARD GARZAPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- JUAN AMADOR RUBIOSpecialist Four · February 23, 1970
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.