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CASIMIRO RODRIGUEZ JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 27, 1944 – April 19, 1968
Service recordCasimiro Rodriguez JR, of Bloomington, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 1
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Texas (Victoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 1
- DILLARD ERIC PETERSONLance Corporal · April 19, 1968
- CURTIS RAY RILEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- ARTURO RECIO RIOSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- TIMOTHY GEORGE ROBINSONCorporal · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 48
- RICHARD STEVE PENNAMONSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 52
From Bloomington
- CLARENCE ARTHUR BROWNFirst Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- JOE MOYALance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- BENITO CONCHOLASpecialist Four · February 9, 1969
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.