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JOSE NEGRON-RODRIGUEZ
Private · U.S. Army
April 27, 1942 – January 30, 1966
Service recordJose Negron-Rodriguez, of Morovis, Puerto Rico, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on January 30, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 121
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Morovis, Puerto Rico (Morovis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 30, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date January 30, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 131 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 121
- JOHN JOSEPH PALUSCIOPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BILL ROGOFFSpecialist Four · January 30, 1966
- GREGORIO VALDEZ JRLance Corporal · January 30, 1966
Same unit, same day
- DAVID DANIEL GENSEMER IIISpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 118
- RICHARD DAVENPORTPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 119
- RUBEN DELGADOPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 119
- RAYMOND LEE HILLSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 120
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 120
- RICHARD DENNIS PARKERSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 121
- JAMES BILL ROGOFFSpecialist Four · Panel 4E, Line 121
From Morovis
- ANDRES LU NARVAEZ-MARREROSpecialist Four · April 23, 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.