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WAYNE CARL ROCHOWICZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 22, 1948 – September 8, 1971
Service recordWayne Carl Rochowicz, of Reading, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 8, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 12
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Avionics Mechanic (35K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Reading, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1971; two of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In September 1971, 127 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 12
- CLIFFORD LAMONT BYRDPrivate · September 8, 1971
- CLAUDIE LEE COXStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1971
- ROBERT JOE ELLIOTTChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 8, 1971
- JOHN ANDREW SERVICEStaff Sergeant · September 8, 1971
Same unit, same day
- CLIFFORD LAMONT BYRDPrivate · Panel 2W, Line 12
- CLAUDIE LEE COXStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 12
From Reading
- CHARLES ELLSWORTH DOERRMANTechnical Sergeant · May 28, 1963
- LEON CHARLES STEINPetty Officer First Class · July 9, 1965
- MICHAEL GERARD HOYERPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- LAWRENCE JAMES DEISHERPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
- GERALD LEROY BERGPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- RICHARD BROWN HEYDTMajor · March 11, 1967
- RALPH MICHAEL WENTZELPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- BARRY L ADAMPrivate First Class · June 15, 1967
- GLENN CHARLES BAERPrivate · August 15, 1967
- JOEL EDWARD FALLERSpecialist Four · August 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.