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EDWIN ROMAN-RODRIGUEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 21, 1948 – May 26, 1969
Service recordEdwin Roman-Rodriguez, of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 21, 1948
- Home of record
- Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (Aguadilla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 60 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 112
- HENRY LEE MCARTHURCorporal · May 26, 1969
- ERIC DARYL NADEAUSpecialist Four · May 26, 1969
- GEORGE HOBERT NOECorporal · May 26, 1969
- EUAN JOHN ERNEST PARKERPrivate First Class · May 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HENRY LEE MCARTHURCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 112
From Aguadilla
- LUIS A LICIAGA-CONCEPCIONSergeant · December 28, 1965
- FELIPE BONILLA-VIERASergeant First Class · February 24, 1966
- WILFREDO PUMAREJO-COLONSpecialist Four · August 23, 1967
- CARLOS AUGUSTO PEREZSergeant · December 1, 1967
- JOSE RODRIGUEZ-ACEVEDOCorporal · March 2, 1968
- RAFAEL SANCHEZ-SALIVAMajor · May 17, 1968
- DAVID GOMEZ-BADILLOCorporal · March 2, 1969
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.