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EDWARD RODRIGUEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 20, 1946 – December 22, 1967
Service recordEdward Rodriguez, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 22, 1967, in Binh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 20, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date December 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuan Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 48
- LEWIS WILLIAM SIGELPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- GARY STEPHEN STICKELPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD SUNIGALance Corporal · December 22, 1967
- ANGEL VEGAPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS PAUL WOODSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 49
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.