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FRANK LOUIS RODRIGUEZ
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
May 30, 1945 – March 29, 1968
Service recordFrank Louis Rodriguez, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 30, 1945
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 29, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date March 29, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 208 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 6
- MICHAEL LEE SLOANSpecialist Four · March 29, 1968
- TERRY CLEVELAND SMITHPrivate First Class · March 29, 1968
- JOHN HALL VIVIANSenior Master Sergeant · March 29, 1968
- CONNIE VERGEL WELLSSergeant · March 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CARL LEE CARSONSpecialist Four · Panel 46E, Line 62
- MICHAEL LEE GANDYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 62
- ANIELLO CARLOS NUNZIATOCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 1
- JOSE MEDRANO JRCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 2
- MARVIN EUGENE PENRYSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 4
- HAROLD EUGENE PENSONPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 4
- MANUEL RUIZCorporal · Panel 47E, Line 5
- GARY ARNOLD SCOTTSecond Lieutenant · Panel 47E, Line 5
- CONNIE VERGEL WELLSSergeant · Panel 47E, Line 6
- PAUL EDWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 7
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.