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ARTURO CANTU RODRIQUEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
December 6, 1934 – November 17, 1969
Service recordArturo Cantu Rodriquez, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 17, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 90
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 6, 1934
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 17, 1969
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 90
- KENNETH GORDON KLINEPrivate First Class · November 17, 1969
- JAMES FRANCIS POLUSNEYSpecialist Four · November 17, 1969
- THOMAS FRANKLIN ROGERS JRCorporal · November 17, 1969
- JAMES FRANCIS ROST JRLieutenant (junior grade) · November 17, 1969
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.