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DAVID RODRIGUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 25, 1948 – January 31, 1969
Service recordDavid Rodriguez, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 28
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- May 25, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33W, Line 28
- NORMAN RADEAN BETTISPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- RONALD CHAPMANFireman · January 31, 1969
- IRVIN WILLIS PROSSER JRFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1969
- CHARLES WAYNE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · January 31, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILLIAM AMBROSE IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 23
- NORMAN RADEAN BETTISPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 28
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.