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JOE IGNACIO RODRIGUEZ
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 15, 1949 – July 14, 1969
Service recordJoe Ignacio Rodriguez, of San Jose, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 120
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 15, 1949
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 120
- PHILLIP CHRIS PETSOSSpecialist Four · July 14, 1969
- JUAN MANUEL RAMOSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- ELDON LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
- RICHARD JAY SCHOONVELDPrivate First Class · July 14, 1969
Same unit, same day
- EDWIN CHARLES ALLENPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 115
- PETER AUGUST DROUHARDSpecialist Four · Panel 21W, Line 117
- JUAN MANUEL RAMOSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 120
- ELDON LEE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 120
- RICHARD JAY SCHOONVELDPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 120
- LARRY LESTER TECHMEIRSergeant · Panel 21W, Line 121
- RONALD GENE THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 21W, Line 121
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.