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JOSEPH LEE RHODES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 27, 1947 – May 28, 1969
Service recordJoseph Lee Rhodes, of Greenwood, Mississippi, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 11
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Greenwood, Mississippi (Leflore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 11
- ROBERT BERTON READCorporal · May 28, 1969
- ROBERT GUSTAVE SCHMIDTLance Corporal · May 28, 1969
- FORREST LLOYD SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1969
- CLARENCE TAYLORCorporal · May 28, 1969
From Greenwood
- BOOKER T WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 13, 1968
- CHARLES E WILSON JRSpecialist Four · May 12, 1969
- ALBERT LEE DELANEYPrivate First Class · July 2, 1969
- WILLIE JAMES SMITHSergeant · September 25, 1969
- CALVIN BUSTER CHILDRESSSergeant First Class · October 19, 1971
- ROBERT LEE HARLEYSpecialist Four · September 11, 1972
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.