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JOEL RODRIGUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1943 – March 5, 1966
Service recordJoel Rodriguez, of Rio Grande City, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 5, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 124
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
- March 11, 1943
- Home of record
- Rio Grande City, Texas (Starr County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 5, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
72 names on the Wall carry the date March 5, 1966; 51 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 124
- ROYCE GLENN SCOGGINSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DAVID SHIELDSSergeant · March 5, 1966
- CONRAD ALAN SIPPLECorporal · March 5, 1966
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
From Rio Grande City
- JOSE ANTONIO HINOJOSAPrivate First Class · February 27, 1968
- FRANCISCO ALVAREZSergeant · November 25, 1968
- ELOY RUBEN VALLESpecialist Four · July 20, 1970
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.