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KENNETH RHODES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 4, 1944 – December 12, 1966
Service recordKenneth Rhodes, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 12, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date December 12, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 40
- ANTHONY CHRISTOPHER SCIVOLINOSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- JAMES RAY VANCEDARFIELDSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- ERIC WILLIAM EVANSCorporal · December 13, 1966
- ERNEST GREENSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY CHRISTOPHER SCIVOLINOSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 40
- JAMES RAY VANCEDARFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 40
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- RONALD ANTHONY WILLIAMSLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
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.