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JOE RODRIGUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 27, 1945 – September 29, 1969
Service recordJoe Rodriguez, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 29, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 27, 1945
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 29, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date September 29, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 19
- MICHAEL ALLEN PIACENTINOStaff Sergeant · September 28, 1969
- LUTHER ALBERT LONOLieutenant Colonel · September 29, 1969
- LAURENCE THOMAS MCDOWELLCorporal · September 29, 1969
- THOMAS JOHN PRICEPrivate First Class · September 29, 1969
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.