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ARTURO SERNA RODRIGUEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 12, 1945 – June 8, 1968
Service recordArturo Serna Rodriguez, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Multichannel Transmission Systems (31M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 4
- CLARENCE O HENDRICKS IIICorporal · June 8, 1968
- CHARLES JONES JRCorporal · June 8, 1968
- DAVID KNOXLance Corporal · June 8, 1968
- JOHN HAROLD ULBRICHPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ODELL ASHTONPrivate First Class · Panel 58W, Line 1
- RONALD EDMOND FORGETSergeant · Panel 58W, Line 3
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
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.