Corporal Allen Rocha, of Cromwell, Oklahoma, served in the U.S. Army from June 13, 2000, to February 11, 2005. Allen did his basic training and his Air Borne training at Fort Benton, Georgia. His did his AIT training at Fort Lee, Virginia.

Allen was stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina where he worked with a MOS 92 Romeo, which is a parachute rigger. He did aerial delivery with the Airborne Division. His company was the ECHO Company with the 782nd MSB in the 82nd Airborne Division.

When Allen was deployed to Iraq, he was stationed at Tecadum Airfield in the semi-triangle where he completed two tours, the first from February 2003 to April 2003 and the second from September 2003 to April 2004. He had a total of 20 airborne jumps and was decorated with 2 arcoms for his service.