GEORGE XAVIER ROCHA

Company A 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 12/18/1967

Army - PFC - E3

Age: 21
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Mar 2, 1946
From: GARDEN GROVE, CA
Religion: ROMAN CATHOLIC
Marital Status: Single

PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Aug 17, 1967
Casualty was on Dec 18, 1967
In DARLAC, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MISADVENTURE
Body was recovered

Panel 32E - Line 18

George Rocha died while on a sweeping operation, when hit by fragments from a premature burst
of a friendly artillery round.

PFC George X. Rocha's deocrations

George "Groovy" Rocha in Vietnam

George Rocha's photo from his High School yearbook

George Rocha is buried at Good Shepherd Cemetery in Huntington Beach, CA

Grave marker for George Rocha

Photo courtesy of Cathi Palermo

Good Shepherd Cemetery
8301 Talbert Avenue
Huntington Beach CA 92646
714-847-8546

Photos of George Rocha in Vietnam submitted by Harold Penxa, Company A 1/22 Infantry 1967-1968

For a tribute to George Rocha click on the following link:

Together We Served

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