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ROBERTO ROCHA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 13, 1939 – June 18, 1966
Service recordRoberto Rocha JR, of Brownsville, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Telephone Installer-Repairman (36B)
- Born
- December 13, 1939
- Home of record
- Brownsville, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1966
- Age
- 26
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 61
- WILLIAM JONES JRSergeant · June 18, 1966
- MICHAEL ANTHONY NAJARIANHospitalman · June 18, 1966
- FRANK BRENNAN PARISHLance Corporal · June 18, 1966
- WILLIAM KEEN STOLL JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
From Brownsville
- GORDON ELDON GULLETTPrivate First Class · May 26, 1966
- ALBERTO ANGEL AVALOSLance Corporal · June 26, 1966
- DANIEL ZACHARY POST JRCorporal · July 31, 1966
- TEOFILO CARMONE RIOSStaff Sergeant · November 15, 1966
- FRANCISCO GARCIAPrivate First Class · February 22, 1967
- ANTONIO MORALES JRPrivate First Class · October 17, 1967
- ANTHONY PEREZPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
- ABELARDO VERASergeant · March 20, 1968
- ATANACIO GOMEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- ISRAEL PEREZLance Corporal · May 5, 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.