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JACK CHARLES RODRIGUEZ
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
December 5, 1941 – February 14, 1966
Service recordJack Charles Rodriguez, of Jackson Heights, New York, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 14, 1966, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 36
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Born
- December 5, 1941
- Home of record
- Jackson Heights, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 36
- DAYTON LUTHER RUDISILLPetty Officer Second Class · February 14, 1966
- HENRY MORGAN STARKEYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- ERNEST GALE TOMPKINSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- WILLIAM MILTON WOOD JRSergeant First Class · February 14, 1966
From Jackson Heights
- PAUL ANTHONY DEVERSLance Corporal · August 10, 1965
- JAMES JOHN BROPHYCorporal · May 21, 1966
- NEIL STEPHEN WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 27, 1967
- STEPHEN WILLIAM PICKETTPrivate First Class · December 14, 1967
- JAMES TIERNOCorporal · December 15, 1967
- MARTIN EDWARD OGRADYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- GLENN ALLEN LUCASCorporal · February 1, 1968
- JAMES PAUL VOJIRPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- FRANK JOSEPH MCMANUSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- JOHN ANDREW KUCICHSpecialist Four · February 19, 1969
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.