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JOSEPH JOHN RHODES
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
March 28, 1939 – October 23, 1967
Service recordJoseph John Rhodes, of Youngstown, Ohio, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 23, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 57
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Civil Engineer Corps (5105)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO NMCB 121 3 NC BDE
- Born
- March 28, 1939
- Home of record
- Youngstown, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1967; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 57
- CHARLES A RIEGER IIIPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- ROBERT FLOYD SHAWPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- ROBERT JOY SIMEFirst Lieutenant · October 23, 1967
- JOSEPH SOSINSKICorporal · October 23, 1967
From Youngstown
- ROBERT G WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- PAUL ELROY HELSEL JRSpecialist Four · February 27, 1966
- JAMES EDWIN PROMMERSBERGERSergeant · April 16, 1966
- AMALIO GONZALEZPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD FRANKLINColonel · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
- JOHN FRANCIS BURNSLance Corporal · October 20, 1966
- DONALD ALLEN JACKSONPrivate First Class · November 16, 1966
- WALTER SUHARMajor · November 26, 1966
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.