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JOHN JOSEPH RODGERS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 25, 1947 – January 15, 1967
Service recordJohn Joseph Rodgers, of Gloucester, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 15, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 38
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
- May 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Gloucester, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 38
- HOMER LEE REAVESPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · January 15, 1967
- JERRY WAYNE SPROUSEPrivate First Class · January 15, 1967
- ROBERT GREER STRANGEChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 15, 1967
From Gloucester
- HARRY G BRANNONSergeant · August 15, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL DANIELSSergeant · February 3, 1968
- WILLIAM BERNARD HAMACHERPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- WILLIAM FRANCIS RIDGECorporal · August 24, 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.