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GUILLERMO RODRIGUEZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 3, 1930 – December 11, 1970
Service recordGuillermo Rodriguez, of Cayey, Puerto Rico, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 3, 1930
- Home of record
- Cayey, Puerto Rico (Cayey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1970
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 115
- OTIS ELIZA ANDREWSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1970
- MICHAEL JAMES PETRASHUNEFirst Lieutenant · December 11, 1970
- BERNARD LEROY SWIGERStaff Sergeant · December 11, 1970
- ALVARO BARBOSAPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
From Cayey
- PEDRO VAZQUEZ-GONZALEZPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- MIGUEL A NEGRON-RODRIGUEZSergeant · August 4, 1968
- JOSE RAMON COLON-RIVERACorporal · August 21, 1968
- JUAN RAMON FELIX-TORRESSpecialist Four · September 15, 1968
- ORLANDO TORRES-OYOLACorporal · August 14, 1970
- TORRES BENJAMIN BURGOSPrivate First Class · February 15, 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.