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COLON RICARDO RODRIGUEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 30, 1930 – March 28, 1966
Service recordColon Ricardo Rodriguez, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- April 30, 1930
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1966
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1966; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 59
- GREGORY VAN ARMSTEADPrivate · March 29, 1966
- JOHN LAWRENCE BANKS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 29, 1966
- THOMAS BINIONSergeant · March 29, 1966
- RICHARD COLEMANPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.