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JOE RODRIGUEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 12, 1947 – May 29, 1969
Service recordJoe Rodriguez, of Austin, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1969, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 18
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1969; two of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 18
- ROBERT JAMES ROSENOWCorporal · May 29, 1969
- LEE ELDEN SINCLAIRStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1969
- MICHAEL CORY VOLHEIMSpecialist Four · May 29, 1969
- CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 29, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES WILFORD CLAYPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 14
- CRIS HOLLIDAYCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 15
- HERMAN LEROY JUDY JRCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 15
- RICHARD LEE PATTERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23W, Line 17
- ROBERT JAMES ROSENOWCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 18
- CRAIG EDWARD YATESCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 19
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 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.