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THEODORE MATTATW ROPCHOCK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 15, 1949 – March 7, 1970
Service recordTheodore Mattatw Ropchock, of Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1970, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 94 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 94
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 15, 1949
- Home of record
- Philipsburg, Pennsylvania (Centre County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1970; four of them were lost in Phuoc Long 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 94
- JAMES RAY MUTHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- MARVIN LEE RINGOENSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
- ANDREW WILLIAM SMITHSergeant · March 7, 1970
- CHARLES ALBERT VANHORNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL BROCKMEIERPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 91
- CLIFFORD MORRIS DAVIS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 91
- JAMES LARRY DOWNSPrivate First Class · Panel 13W, Line 91
- CHARLES ALBERT VANHORNSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 94
- THOMAS JAMES WHITLOW JRCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 95
From Philipsburg
- GEORGE BERNARD RUSNAKCaptain · March 22, 1967
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.