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GEORGE COLUMBUS RODEN JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 11, 1941 – October 8, 1965
Service recordGeorge Columbus Roden JR, of Hebron, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 8, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 113
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 11, 1941
- Home of record
- Hebron, Kentucky (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 8, 1965
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 8, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 113
- BOBBY G MASONSergeant · October 8, 1965
- GRIJALBA HUMBERTO RONSpecialist Four · October 8, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- FRANCIS IVAN TOOPSCorporal · October 8, 1965
Same unit, same day
- RONALD MICHAEL DISTEFANOSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 112
- LEON G HOLTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2E, Line 112
- RICHARD E LYNCHPrivate First Class · Panel 2E, Line 112
- BOBBY G MASONSergeant · Panel 2E, Line 113
- GRIJALBA HUMBERTO RONSpecialist Four · Panel 2E, Line 113
From Hebron
- HARLAN SECRESSSergeant · December 31, 1968
- EDWARD ARNOLD BARLOWSpecialist Five · May 11, 1969
- JOHN ROBERT CHAMPLINStaff Sergeant · March 18, 1971
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.