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ENCARNASION RODRIGUEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 16, 1948 – September 17, 1969
Service recordEncarnasion Rodriguez, of La Mirada, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 105
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1948
- Home of record
- La Mirada, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 18W, Line 105
- DONALD WILLIAM DIETZCaptain · September 17, 1969
- WILLIAM TERREL MCNAIRMajor · September 17, 1969
- RICHARD ELLSWORTH PEARSONCorporal · September 17, 1969
- LEO PETER SIKORSKILieutenant Colonel · September 17, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH ANTHONY SERVANTEZSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 101
From La Mirada
- MIGUEL RAMON BURRIPrivate First Class · December 18, 1966
- JAMES LEROY HAMMARSpecialist Four · September 30, 1967
- THOMAS ROBERT POPEPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- LESTER LEWIS MOOREPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- PEDRO ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · May 10, 1968
- GARY GEORGE STEVENSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- JOSEPH CRAIG MARTINPrivate First Class · January 13, 1969
- CHARLES RUPERT TRICKERCorporal · February 27, 1971
- RICHARD NORMAN LEESpecialist Four · June 25, 1971
- SCOTT LEE BIRKETAirman First Class · September 30, 1972
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.