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JOHN CARL RODGERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 8, 1949 – August 18, 1969
Service recordJohn Carl Rodgers, of Lumberton, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 18, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 63
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Lumberton, North Carolina (Robeson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 63
- BENNY BRUCE PARKERLance Corporal · August 18, 1969
- BOBBY RIDDLESpecialist Four · August 18, 1969
- EDWIN JOSEPH SMOLAREK JRCorporal · August 18, 1969
- ROBERT K SPILLNERStaff Sergeant · August 18, 1969
From Lumberton
- DAVID THOMPSONSergeant First Class · January 27, 1964
- FRANKLIN EUGENE HOSLERSergeant · April 4, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD MCRAESpecialist Four · June 19, 1966
- TIMOTHY COLEMAN PATTERSONSergeant · April 22, 1967
- HARRY L ALWAYFirst Lieutenant · July 13, 1967
- CECIL A MEARESSergeant First Class · September 23, 1967
- GLENN DIRK KERNSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1967
- HUGHIE OXENDINEStaff Sergeant · December 25, 1967
- LEE ANDREW BOWDENSergeant · April 6, 1968
- DONALD FRANK MCKENZIEStaff Sergeant · December 10, 1968
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.