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ALBERT EDUARDO RODRIGUEZ
Captain · U.S. Air Force
July 18, 1942 – March 11, 1968
Service recordAlbert Eduardo Rodriguez, of Franklinville, New York, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on March 11, 1968, in North Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 20
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- July 18, 1942
- Home of record
- Franklinville, New York (Cattaraugus County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 11, 1968
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1968. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 44E, Line 20
- DENNIS DALE REEDPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- EDWARD RITSICKPrivate First Class · March 11, 1968
- RAYMOND GONZALEZ ROCHASpecialist Four · March 11, 1968
- JAMES LOWELL RUSSELLLance Corporal · March 11, 1968
From Franklinville
- DUANE A WAKLEESpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- WARREN NELSON CHAPMANSergeant · June 24, 1968
- RICHARD GORDON PIXLEYLance Corporal · July 20, 1968
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.