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JOHN RAY RHODEHAMEL II
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 13, 1948 – April 7, 1967
Service recordJohn Ray Rhodehamel II, of Reno, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 7, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 118
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
- Assault Amphibious Vehicle Crewman (1833)
- Born
- July 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Reno, Nevada (Washoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 118
- ROBERT ANDREW ONEILSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
- CIPRIANO J PANTOJA JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- GERALD W WILSONSpecialist Five · April 7, 1967
From Reno
- JAMES DELMAS MCANDREWSpecialist Five · January 11, 1963
- ARTHUR DAVIES JRMajor · April 27, 1967
- GLEN GEORGE BURTCorporal · May 13, 1967
- MICHAEL DANIEL WESSELCorporal · July 27, 1967
- KERRY EDWARD CLARKPrivate · August 18, 1967
- DONALD R CAMPBELLSpecialist Four · November 7, 1967
- RAYMOND EDWARD STONE JRSecond Lieutenant · December 14, 1967
- MAXIE ROSS RICECorporal · February 1, 1968
- DAVID LOUIS BIDARTSpecialist Four · March 5, 1968
- ROBERT NEIL MINETTOCorporal · May 9, 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.