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CLIFFORD M RHODES JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 7, 1946 – May 6, 1967
Service recordClifford M Rhodes JR, of Poughkeepsie, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 6, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- May 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Poughkeepsie, New York (Dutchess County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 51
- GARY WAYNE PRICEPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- DONALD ROBERT SORENSENLance Corporal · May 6, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES VANLEEUWENPrivate First Class · May 6, 1967
- THOMAS C EVANSStaff Sergeant · May 7, 1967
From Poughkeepsie
- GERALD WILLIAM GANNONPrivate First Class · February 19, 1967
- JAMES PHILLIP BURNSPrivate First Class · June 5, 1967
- PATRICK JEROME LONGSergeant · November 16, 1967
- NELSON WILLIAM MCKENNAPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD HOAG JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- HERBERT BURTON JOHNSONSergeant · July 5, 1968
- RICHARD HENRY MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · July 30, 1968
- RICHARD RAYMOND HURLIHESpecialist Four · February 15, 1969
- JOHN R FRYEFirst Lieutenant · July 10, 1969
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BROWNPrivate First Class · November 17, 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.