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JOHN JOSEPH WILLIAM RODEN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1943 – October 11, 1969
Service recordJohn Joseph William Roden, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 69
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- March 2, 1943
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 11, 1969
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Nam Province that day. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 17W, Line 69
- DAVID LYLE NICHOLASPrivate First Class · October 11, 1969
- HERMAN JAMES OBYRNSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- WILLIAM ORTEGA JRSpecialist Four · October 11, 1969
- JEROME JAMES RICEMajor · October 11, 1969
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.