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JOE STELO RODRIGUEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 19, 1937 – February 29, 1968
Service recordJoe Stelo Rodriguez, of Tucson, Arizona, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 9
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 1 BN 505 INF 82 ABN DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1937
- Home of record
- Tucson, Arizona (Pima County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 9
- RICHARD ALAN RANDOLPHPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- LUIA RODGERSPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- RONNIE DEAN SCHULTZSpecialist Five · February 29, 1968
- MAURICE LEO SIROISSergeant · February 29, 1968
From Tucson
- JAMES ATLEE WHEELERCaptain · April 18, 1965
- VICTOR BRUCE KELLEYCaptain · April 28, 1965
- JOHN PATRICK BURNSPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- LAWRENCE WILLIAM JORDANLance Corporal · July 30, 1965
- MAX DUANE LUKENBACHCommander · December 22, 1965
- BOB CLARENCE HUNT JRSpecialist Four · January 29, 1966
- CLYDE L NORVELLE JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 30, 1966
- JAMES RILEY HOWELLCorporal · May 12, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAM JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · May 29, 1966
- WARREN ORISON KNEPPER JRSergeant · June 24, 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.