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JAMES LAWRENCE RHODES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1945 – October 10, 1969
Service recordJames Lawrence Rhodes, of Kansas, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 10, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 64
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Hmh/M/L/A Uh-1n Qualified (I) (7563)
- Born
- March 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Kansas, Illinois (Edgar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 64
- LARRY GENE PREWITTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
- JOSE CONTRERAS SALINASSpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
- HARRY CLIFTON SHEPARD JRTechnical Sergeant · October 10, 1969
- MANLEY EUGENE SILER JRLance Corporal · October 10, 1969
From Kansas
- JAMES ALAN BOYERPrivate First Class · August 2, 1970
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.