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LEONDIS ENRIQUE RODRIQUEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 15, 1948 – August 23, 1968
Service recordLeondis Enrique Rodriquez, of Woodsboro, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 23, 1968, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 52
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Woodsboro, Texas (Refugio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
111 names on the Wall carry the date August 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 52
- ROBERT DAVID PURDIECorporal · August 23, 1968
- KENNETH WAYNE REIDFirst Lieutenant · August 23, 1968
- LON DAVIS RICHARDSCaptain · August 23, 1968
- ROLF ERNST RICKMERSMaster Sergeant · August 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EARL CLIFFORD WILSONPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 58
From Woodsboro
- HERMANDO SANCHEZ MOYASergeant · May 7, 1966
- ANGEL VEGAPrivate First Class · December 22, 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.