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ROBERT SALAS ROCHA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 6, 1951 – November 14, 1970
Service recordRobert Salas Rocha, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 14, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 59
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 6, 1951
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 14, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 14, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 59
- JOHN WILLIAM CONRADSpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
- BRUCE CLINTON ELKINSSergeant · November 14, 1970
- WILLIAM RICHARD ELLISStaff Sergeant · November 14, 1970
- FRANK RICHARD HITESHUESpecialist Four · November 14, 1970
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.