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GRANT A RHODES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 10, 1929 – January 4, 1966
Service recordGrant A Rhodes, of Newark, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 53
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 10, 1929
- Home of record
- Newark, Ohio (Licking County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 4, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date January 4, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 53
- LEO ANGELO REMONDINI JRSergeant · January 3, 1966
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- FRANCIS WAYNE BEAGLESergeant · January 5, 1966
- LIONEL JOHN BRYAN JRSpecialist Four · January 5, 1966
From Newark
- PHILIP MARION SENSCorporal · October 30, 1965
- WALTER B OLIVERSergeant · November 4, 1965
- WILLARD DAVID KEERANSergeant · May 24, 1966
- GERALD VERNON EPPLEYPrivate First Class · August 6, 1966
- JACKIE RAY BROWNPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN EDRISCommander · November 1, 1966
- GARY WAYNE RITCHEYPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD MYERSSpecialist Four · June 13, 1967
- DANIEL LEE KINNARDSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE ELSWICKSpecialist Four · March 16, 1968
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.