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JIMMY LINWOOD RHODES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 14, 1944 – November 21, 1966
Service recordJimmy Linwood Rhodes, of Orrum, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 105
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- September 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Orrum, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 12E, Line 105
- JERRY DEAN SABENSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- EDWARD JOHN SCAHILLPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOSEPH SCICUTELLAPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- SAMUEL WALLACE SMITHPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RUSSELL LOUIS HALLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 100
- RAY ELLSWORTH JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 101
- HARRY LEE POWERSPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 104
From Orrum
- WILSON TRUMAN GERALDSergeant · May 17, 1967
- VINSON BYRDCorporal · July 6, 1967
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.