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FREDERICK PAUL RHOADES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 18, 1948 – September 30, 1968
Service recordFrederick Paul Rhoades, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 50
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- August 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 50
- JOHN JAMES QUICKCorporal · September 30, 1968
- HARRISON BENJAMIN SHAUGERPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- GARY ROBERT SHEPPERDSONPetty Officer Third Class · September 30, 1968
- TIMOTHY DAVID SINESSergeant · September 30, 1968
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 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.