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ELIAS RANGEL RODRIGUEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 31, 1938 – September 20, 1966
Service recordElias Rangel Rodriguez, of Austin, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 31, 1938
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 125
- JOHN PERRY KAMINSKYPrivate First Class · September 20, 1966
- JAMES FRANCIS PANZARELLAFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1966
- HERBERT CHARLES PHIPPSStaff Sergeant · September 20, 1966
- MICHAEL DENNIS ROSEMANCorporal · September 20, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JOSEPH BLANCOSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 123
- HERBERT CHARLES PHIPPSStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 125
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
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.