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JOSE RODRIGUEZ-ACEVEDO
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 15, 1942 – March 2, 1968
Service recordJose Rodriguez-Acevedo, of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 2, 1968, in Phong Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 32
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (Aguadilla County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 2, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Phong Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
100 names on the Wall carry the date March 2, 1968; four of them were lost in Phong Dinh Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Phong Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 32
- RAYMOND LEROY GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- ROY CLINTON GERDONPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- WILBUR LEWIS GRAY JRPrivate First Class · March 2, 1968
- RUSSELL CARL HAASSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT GEORGE BURNSSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 28
- NORMAN JOSEPH ERBLANDSergeant · Panel 42E, Line 30
- MICHAEL DENNIS FROSTPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 31
- FRANCIS LEON JEANTETCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 33
- ROBERT JAMES JENKSSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 33
- NEIL STEWART THOMPSONCorporal · Panel 42E, Line 42
- TERRY LEE WEAVERPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 44
From Aguadilla
- LUIS A LICIAGA-CONCEPCIONSergeant · December 28, 1965
- FELIPE BONILLA-VIERASergeant First Class · February 24, 1966
- WILFREDO PUMAREJO-COLONSpecialist Four · August 23, 1967
- CARLOS AUGUSTO PEREZSergeant · December 1, 1967
- RAFAEL SANCHEZ-SALIVAMajor · May 17, 1968
- DAVID GOMEZ-BADILLOCorporal · March 2, 1969
- EDWIN ROMAN-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 26, 1969
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.