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ROCKNE MASAYOSHI NOGUCHI
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 30, 1946 – May 5, 1967
Service recordRockne Masayoshi Noguchi, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 5, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 44
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Antenna Installer Specialist (36D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B BTRY 7 BN 13 ARTY 52 ARTY GRP
- Born
- June 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 44
- HERMAN A MOORESergeant · May 5, 1967
- MELVIN ONEAL JRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- CARL FRANKLIN PEPPLE JRCorporal · May 5, 1967
- EDWARD JOSEPH WEIDENBACHChief Warrant Officer 2 · May 5, 1967
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.