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JOSEPH MICHAEL RODRIGUES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 9, 1948 – February 2, 1968
Service recordJoseph Michael Rodrigues, of Santa Rosa, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- June 9, 1948
- Home of record
- Santa Rosa, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Kon Tum 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 36E, Line 84
- ROBERT IVAN RICELance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL ROSSSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- FELIX ALVARDO RUIZSergeant First Class · February 2, 1968
- HOMER ALFRED RUPLE JRSpecialist Five · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RODNEY ARTHUR ALFANOFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 64
- ALBERT LEON BETTSSpecialist Five · Panel 36E, Line 65
- LEANDRO GARCIAPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 71
- RICHARD EDWARD GIDEONSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 72
- LEON FAIRDEN HUBERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 74
- STEVEN LEON RANEYSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 83
From Santa Rosa
- DANA GALE ROSELance Corporal · December 31, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL CHANEYAirman First Class · April 16, 1967
- JAMES ALLEN BULLINGTONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1967
- JOHN HERBERT SNYDERAirman Second Class · October 15, 1967
- GREGORY LYNN DUNNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1967
- RICKIE DAVIS FISHERPrivate · December 4, 1967
- JERRY DEAN SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · January 3, 1968
- ROBERT LEON SHARPLESSPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HAASSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- CHARLES DUDLEY DORMANCorporal · May 12, 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.