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BERNARD JAMES RODZEN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 7, 1944 – May 3, 1966
Service recordBernard James Rodzen, of Warren, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 21
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- August 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Warren, Ohio (Trumbull County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1966; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 21
- FRED LEWIS RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1966
- JAMES DOUGLAS STOKESSpecialist Four · May 3, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT TRESCOTTPetty Officer Third Class · May 3, 1966
- WILLIAM EUGENE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · May 3, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EUGENE TUCKER JRLance Corporal · Panel 7E, Line 21
From Warren
- ANDRE HAROULAKISSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1965
- ROBERT DONALD LOGUELance Corporal · December 5, 1965
- DAVID LEE JACKSON JRSpecialist Five · January 17, 1966
- DALLAS EDWIN HICKMANSergeant · March 18, 1966
- ROBERT VIRGIL THOMASPrivate First Class · January 27, 1967
- ALBERT C MYERSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1967
- RICHARD MYRON LOMBARDOPrivate First Class · June 2, 1967
- PERCY JULIANSergeant · September 2, 1967
- WILLIAM MICHAEL SKOVRANPrivate First Class · September 29, 1967
- JOHN DAVID FLANIGANPrivate · November 17, 1967
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.