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LOUIS GEORGE RHOADES
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 31, 1949 – June 6, 1968
Service recordLouis George Rhoades, of De Pere, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 59W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 59W · Line 12
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 31, 1949
- Home of record
- De Pere, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 59W, Line 12
- LAWRENCE EUGENE PORTERLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- DANIEL LEE PROCKLance Corporal · June 6, 1968
- LARRY BRUCE REEDPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- JAMES ALFRED REIDPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WILLIAM CUPPCorporal · Panel 60W, Line 27
- GEORGE RICHARD PACKARDSpecialist Four · Panel 59W, Line 10
From De Pere
- LEON MILTON PHILLIPSSergeant · March 9, 1968
- MICHAEL EDWARD HERMSENSpecialist Four · March 22, 1969
- DAVID GEORGE SMITHWICKSpecialist Four · October 30, 1971
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.