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ARTURO RODRIGUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1946 – February 14, 1967
Service recordArturo Rodriguez, of Mcallen, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1967, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 29
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Mcallen, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 29
- JAMES EUGENE BERARDSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- OSCAR E RATLIFFStaff Sergeant · February 14, 1967
- NORMAN REX REAGANPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- RAYMOND WILKIE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
From Mcallen
- VIRGIL KING CAMERONLieutenant Commander · July 29, 1966
- JULIAN MARTINEZ ALVAREZPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- JOSE BENIGNO TIJERINAPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- SAMUEL ALMENDARIZMaster Sergeant · July 12, 1967
- JUAN VALENZUELACorporal · August 21, 1967
- CARLOS V TREVINOStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1968
- JACK ALLEN WHETSEL JRFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- GEORGE RAMIRO SOSAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELLColonel · January 29, 1969
- JOHN SIDNEY BONNER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 31, 1970
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.