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LOUIS RODRIGUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 17, 1950 – June 3, 1969
Service recordLouis Rodriguez, of Bakersfield, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 3, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- June 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Bakersfield, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 52
- LAWRENCE ANDREW FANELLASergeant · June 3, 1969
- ANDREW SIMMONS FARLEY JRPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- DONALD FRANCIS GINARTFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 1969
- TOMAS GOMEZ-ROBLESPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
From Bakersfield
- CLAYTON ALLEN FANNINCaptain · January 10, 1963
- PAUL E RYTTERPrivate First Class · September 18, 1965
- EDWARD JOUJON-ROCHEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BENNIE FRANK PARKERSergeant · January 30, 1966
- BILLY G FRYMaster Sergeant · February 1, 1966
- ERNESTO DOMINGUEZPrivate First Class · June 6, 1966
- BOBBY ROY HOLLEYLance Corporal · July 19, 1966
- JOHN WHILDEN PERICHPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- JAMES BURTON MILLSLieutenant Commander · September 21, 1966
- TOMMY JONESPrivate First Class · December 2, 1966
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.