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WILLIAM FRANK ROCCO
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
December 3, 1932 – April 23, 1969
Service recordWilliam Frank Rocco, of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 35
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 3, 1932
- Home of record
- Lewistown, Pennsylvania (Mifflin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 35
- STEPHEN LEWIS PLOTKINSergeant · April 23, 1969
- MARTIN DANIEL REYNOLDSSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
- TOBY S RODRIQUEZ JRLance Corporal · April 23, 1969
- DANIEL FRANK ROSANOVAPrivate First Class · April 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- OTTO PHILIP BARNHARTSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 29
- HENRY WATERS CARDWELLSergeant · Panel 26W, Line 30
- JULIAN DEAN DEDMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 26W, Line 31
- JAMES PHILLIP HEIMSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 32
- JOHN FRANCIS KOEHLERSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 32
- GARY PRESTON NEIMANSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 34
- JOHN WERNER TIDERENCELSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 36
From Lewistown
- HAROLD ELMER BURKETTPetty Officer Third Class · January 31, 1966
- SIDNEY GEORGE KREISHERPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- GUY WESLEY CLINGER JRSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- RUSSELL EDWARD KEPHARTSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RONALD RAY WALLSStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1968
- WILLIAM CLAYTON HACKETTStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1969
- JOHN HOWARD GUTHRIDGECaptain · August 29, 1969
- ROBERT HENRY ROYERSpecialist Four · May 3, 1971
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.