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JOHN ARLINGTON RODGERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 6, 1942 – April 20, 1968
Service recordJohn Arlington Rodgers, of Fontana, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 20, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 6, 1942
- Home of record
- Fontana, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 20, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date April 20, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 12
- WARREN CECIL PARSONS JRCorporal · April 20, 1968
- RUSSELL GEORGE PETERSONPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD QUILLEN JRPrivate First Class · April 20, 1968
- ROBERT BRUCE THOMPSONCorporal · April 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- LARRY WESLEY MACKSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 9
From Fontana
- RICHARD ALLEN NOELKEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DOMINIC ANTHONY CORONAPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- GARY RICHARD DANSERSpecialist Four · July 20, 1967
- JOSEPH PENN MAREKPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
- RONALD ELLIS WILTSEFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1968
- RICHARD ARTHUR LANESpecialist Five · June 16, 1968
- GARY ELLIS HOADLEYSergeant · August 3, 1968
- CALVIN LEWISCorporal · January 6, 1969
- PARIS WILLIAM MONTANEZPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- RICHARD ALLEN BURNSCorporal · February 28, 1969
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.