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DONALD RAY RHODES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 3, 1942 – February 27, 1969
Service recordDonald Ray Rhodes, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 27, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 84
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1969; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 84
- WILLIAM STEVEN POTTERSergeant · February 27, 1969
- MARTIN ROBERT POWERSLance Corporal · February 27, 1969
- PERCY ISAIAH PUGHCorporal · February 27, 1969
- LARRY STEPHEN RAINEYLance Corporal · February 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ALVIN BROTHENSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 76
- ENRIQUE SALAS CRUZStaff Sergeant · Panel 31W, Line 78
- GARY VAN HALLSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 80
- ROBERT PHILLIP LEVINSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 81
- JAMES TERRY LIEBNITZSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 81
- GARY LAURENCE VANDERBROOKPrivate First Class · Panel 31W, Line 86
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 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.