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DONALD FRANK RHODES
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
February 2, 1947 – January 7, 1967
Service recordDonald Frank Rhodes, of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 123
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Raleigh, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1967; two of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 123
- PEDRO O CANCELPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- JOHN MARSHALL MIZELLEPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- JOHN HOWARD MOONEY JRCorporal · January 7, 1967
- JOHN JAMES MURPHYLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
From Raleigh
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
- LEON GORDON CHADWICK IIICaptain · November 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DOUGLAS EUGENE MOORESergeant · March 25, 1967
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.