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ROJELIO BOCANEGRA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 22, 1945 – June 4, 1967
Service recordRojelio Bocanegra, of Northbrook, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 55
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A CO 1 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- July 22, 1945
- Home of record
- Northbrook, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 55
- PABLO ALMANZACorporal · June 4, 1967
- FRANKLIN THOMAS COLLINSPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
- GERALD WAYNE INGLETTPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
From Northbrook
- DONALD EDWARD KOELPERCaptain · February 16, 1964
- JAMES JAY HEALEYPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- DONALD JOSEPH RIONPetty Officer Third Class · December 10, 1966
- RAND RUSSELL MERKERWarrant Officer 1 · March 26, 1969
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.