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CALIXTRO S RODRIGUEZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 16, 1937 – March 6, 1969
Service recordCalixtro S Rodriguez, of Del Rio, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 59
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- February 16, 1937
- Home of record
- Del Rio, Texas (Val Verde County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 59
- WILFRED PEREZPrivate First Class · March 6, 1969
- KEITH JON PUHILance Corporal · March 6, 1969
- LARRY MORGAN RODGERSLance Corporal · March 6, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE WOODSIDECaptain · March 6, 1969
From Del Rio
- JESUS MARIO LIMONESPrivate · May 8, 1967
- PATRICK SHELDON COCHRANCorporal · August 21, 1967
- THOMAS DEWEY MOORE JRMajor · November 30, 1967
- NOLBERTO FRAUSTO JRPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- RONNIE JOE HOFFMANSpecialist Five · February 12, 1968
- THOMAS RICHARD CORES IISergeant · June 7, 1968
- RENE JAVIER SALAZARLance Corporal · December 19, 1968
- ANDRES LOPEZ RAMONSpecialist Four · February 4, 1971
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.