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JOSEPH RODRIGUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 30, 1946 – April 16, 1968
Service recordJoseph Rodriguez, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 16, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Born
- August 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 16, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date April 16, 1968; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 20
- TERRY JAMES RAMPULLALance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- DAVID GARY REDENIUSCorporal · April 16, 1968
- ROBERT RICESergeant · April 16, 1968
- JOSE RUIZCorporal · April 16, 1968
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.