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JORGE L BATISTA-RODRIGUEZ
Platoon Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 23, 1932 – June 26, 1968
Service recordJorge L Batista-Rodriguez, of New York, New York, served as a Platoon Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 1
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
- Platoon Sergeant (PSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1932
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1968; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 118 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 1
- PHILLIP MURRY WEDDINGTONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- MACK WILBERT WILLIAMSCorporal · June 25, 1968
- RICHARD TERRY BRONSONSergeant · June 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD TERRY BRONSONSergeant · Panel 54W, Line 1
- LAWRENCE JACKSONPrivate First Class · Panel 54W, Line 3
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.