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JOHN OWEN RHODES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1946 – April 1, 1967
Service recordJohn Owen Rhodes, of Thonotosassa, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 1, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 87
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Thonotosassa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 87
- ROLAND HAYES HOWELLPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD PRESSLEYSergeant · April 1, 1967
- RAYMOND FRANCIS QUINNSergeant · April 1, 1967
- CONFESOR RIVERA-MARTESSergeant First Class · April 1, 1967
From Thonotosassa
- MARK JERALD CARTERSpecialist Four · May 18, 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.