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ROCKY YUKIO HIROKAWA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 6, 1949 – March 8, 1970
Service recordRocky Yukio Hirokawa, of Gardena, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · 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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Gardena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 96
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DEVLINFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
- JAMES ERWIN DODDMaster Sergeant · March 8, 1970
- DAVID KARL ERENSTOFTWarrant Officer 1 · March 8, 1970
- WIM GOEREESpecialist Four · March 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MACK C BUSTLE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 95
- JAMES EDWARD HYLMONCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 97
- DOUGLAS ROBERT JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 97
From Gardena
- ERVELL MADRID GUEVARAPrivate · June 22, 1966
- STEPHEN ERNEST DUKEHARTPrivate · December 23, 1966
- JIMMIE CARTER MARTINPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- BERNARDINO GONZALEZ JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD LINDERSergeant · May 16, 1967
- MACK EDWARD GREGORYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- ALFRED FRANKLIN SIMPSONCorporal · August 9, 1967
- JOHN MARTIN KEPPLERPrivate First Class · September 15, 1967
- JAMES ARLIA BLANKENSHIPPrivate First Class · December 31, 1967
- RICKEY EUGENE APPLEBYLance Corporal · March 9, 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.