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JOHN FREDERICK RODENBERG
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 11, 1946 – August 11, 1967
Service recordJohn Frederick Rodenberg, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 11, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 101
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- April 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 101
- GARY FRANCIS GATTICorporal · August 11, 1967
- ALAN ROBERT SCHULTZLance Corporal · August 11, 1967
- RONNIE M SNIDERSergeant · August 11, 1967
- ROY MITCHELL WHEATLance Corporal · August 11, 1967
- JOSEPH STANLEY YANCYSpecialist Four · August 11, 1967
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.