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ROCKY PEARSON OHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1951 – May 8, 1970
Service recordRocky Pearson Oham, of Kinston, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 2
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- August 18, 1951
- Home of record
- Kinston, North Carolina (Lenoir County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 2
- MICHAEL LEE MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · May 8, 1970
- PETER FRANCIS NOLANSpecialist Five · May 8, 1970
- MERLIN GEORGE ORRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1970
- ELIAS BENSON PEALER JRCorporal · May 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD HERMAN BAXPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 129
- CARL DEAN DIXONPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 130
From Kinston
- JIMMIE LLOYD MCBYNUMStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- CHARLES CURTIS WHITFIELDPrivate · February 24, 1966
- WOODROW WILSON HAM JRStaff Sergeant · March 4, 1966
- DANIEL H LAWLERSpecialist Five · May 20, 1967
- CURTIS RAY MCLAWHORNSergeant · July 22, 1967
- BOBBY LEE BARBERPrivate First Class · November 2, 1967
- CARL LEE HILL JRSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- SETH LEE WEST JRStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- JOHNNY MILLERSpecialist Four · May 2, 1968
- DEMPSEY WOODROW PARROTTSpecialist Four · May 4, 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.