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LUIA RODGERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 7, 1947 – February 29, 1968
Service recordLuia Rodgers, of Alamogordo, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 29, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 42E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42E · Line 9
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 7, 1947
- Home of record
- Alamogordo, New Mexico (Otero County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 29, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 29, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 232 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 42E, Line 9
- RICHARD ALAN RANDOLPHPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- JOE STELO RODRIGUEZStaff Sergeant · February 29, 1968
- RONNIE DEAN SCHULTZSpecialist Five · February 29, 1968
- MAURICE LEO SIROISSergeant · February 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WESLEY DEJARNETTSpecialist Four · Panel 42E, Line 3
- FREDERICK L MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 7
- CEIZHAR VALE PAGCALIUAGANPrivate First Class · Panel 42E, Line 8
- EDGAR CLAY SPENCESergeant · Panel 42E, Line 10
From Alamogordo
- DANNY LE MOYNE SMITHPrivate · June 30, 1966
- IGNACIO BARELALance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JUAN FEDERICO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · July 14, 1967
- HAROLD ALLEN THARP JRSpecialist Five · April 12, 1968
- WALLACE FREDERICK SIMPKINStaff Sergeant · December 17, 1968
- HOWARD MICHAEL MEUTEPetty Officer Third Class · March 23, 1969
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.