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Chief Warrant Officer Louis Richard Rocco (Vietnam) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftsamhouston.asp. Louis Rocco, native of New Mexico, enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1956. He served with Advisory Team 162 during the Vietnam War. On May 24, 1970, Rocco volunteered to accompany a medical evacuation team on a rescue mission northeast of Katum. Under fire, their helicopter crash landed. Ignoring his own injuries from the landing, Rocco extracted the survivors from the burning wreckage and sustained further injuries. He administered first aid until he lost consciousness, and received the Medal of Honor, in 1974, for his actions that day. Rocco retired from service in 1978 after twenty-two years, only to return when army medics were called back to active duty in 1990. Rocco died October 31, 2002.
https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/louis-r-rocco.
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President Ford presents the Medal of Honor to Louis Rocco.

LOUIS RICHARD ROCCO

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