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JOHN JOSEPH RHODES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 27, 1947 – October 22, 1967
Service recordJohn Joseph Rhodes, of Auburn, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 22, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 51
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- September 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Auburn, New York (Cayuga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 51
- EUGENE NAYLORPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- RONALD RUSSELL PEARSONLance Corporal · October 22, 1967
- ROGER DALE ROMINEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- DANIEL JOSEPH RYANCorporal · October 22, 1967
From Auburn
- JOSEPH MICHAEL DONOVANLance Corporal · March 5, 1967
- CLAUDE ARTHUR HODGEPetty Officer Second Class · May 17, 1967
- DONALD JAMES RYANCorporal · October 10, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS STRYKERSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- FERDINAND W GLESSING JRLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- THOMAS YORK REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · March 23, 1968
- JOSEPH A PURYEARSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- JOHNSTON DUNLOPStaff Sergeant · April 16, 1968
- FRANK THEODORE NEVIDOMSKYPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- GARY ALAN BARNESSpecialist Four · August 19, 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.