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Last Rank
Commander
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Last Primary MOS
410X-Navy Chaplain
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Primary Unit
1995-1996, 410X, 26th MEU
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Service Years
1967 - 2007
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Other Languages
Greek
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Home Country
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Year of Birth
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
MSgt Calvin Lucado, Jr. (Skip)
to remember
Marine CDR Dennis Rocheford.
If you knew or served with this Marine and have additional information or photos to support this Page, please leave a message for the Page Administrator(s) HERE.
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Contact Info
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Home Town
Worcester |
Date of Passing
Sep 10, 2009 |
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Location of Interment
Saint John's Cemetery - Worchester, Massachusetts |
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Last Known Activity:
Pastor Saint Ann's Parish, North Oxford.
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1967-1970, 0311, 1st Marine Division
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1990-1993, 410X, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, SC
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1994-1997, 410X, 3rd Bn, 8th Marines (3/8)
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1995-1996, 410X, 26th MEU
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Reflections on CDR Rocheford's
US Marine Corps Service
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TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, WHAT INFLUENCED HIS/HER DECISION TO JOIN THE MARINE CORPS?
The Vietnam War was well underway, and I felt a calling to defend my country.
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TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, PLEASE DESCRIBE THE DIRECTION OR PATH HE/SHE TOOK IN HIS/HER MILITARY SERVICE. WHERE DID THEY GO TO BOOT CAMP AND WHAT UNITS, BASES, SHIPS OR SQUADRONS WERE THEY ASSIGNED TO? WHAT WAS HIS/HER REASON FOR LEAVING?
I enlisted in the Marine Corps right out of High School with an infantry MOS 0311, served during a very heated time in Vietnam with A Co, 1st Bn, 1st Marines during the TET Offensive. I left the Marine Corps to enter the Seminary and became a Catholic Priest, I later joined the Navy Chaplain Corps in 1987 so that I could serve and serve with Marines!
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IF HE/SHE PARTICIPATED IN ANY MILITARY OPERATIONS, INCLUDING COMBAT, HUMANITARIAN AND PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS, TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, PLEASE DESCRIBE THOSE YOU FEEL WERE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT TO HIM/HER AND, IF LIFE-CHANGING, IN WHAT WAY.
I served in and during the TET Offensive in Vietnam, I served in Desert Shield and Desert Storm as a Chaplain, and then served again in OIF in Fallujah as a Chaplain.
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OF ALL THEIR DUTY STATIONS OR ASSIGNMENTS, ARE YOU AWARE OF ANY HE/SHE HAD FONDEST MEMORIES OF AND WHY? WHICH WAS THEIR LEAST FAVORITE?
Serving as a Chaplain for the Fleet Marine Forces and Camp Lejeune.
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