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MANUEL JOE RODRIGUEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 26, 1946 – October 24, 1967
Service recordManuel Joe Rodriguez, of Oxnard, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 62
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Oxnard, California (Ventura County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 84 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 62
- RAYNALDO POLENDOSergeant · October 24, 1967
- BASIL LEE SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JOEL LUTHER SCHUBERTPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- HAROLD JAMES SOTZENLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- VAUGHN PAUL FLIZANESSecond Lieutenant · Panel 28E, Line 59
- ROBERT DUANE JESSENSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 60
- WILLIAM ELGIE LESNIKSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 61
- GILBERT GEORGE MARCUMPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 61
- SIMEON ANDRADE TUAZON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 63
From Oxnard
- ROSCOE HENRY FOBAIRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- STEVE WILSON PAGEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JOHN PERRY GILLIAMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN BREDASecond Lieutenant · March 19, 1967
- OREN KENNETH MILLERSergeant · June 25, 1967
- CHARLES ALAN BALLAUFHospitalman · July 7, 1967
- LEONARD R LUDWIGSpecialist Four · August 12, 1967
- JAMES RYOICHIRO WATANABESergeant · September 26, 1967
- HARRY CARL SARSFIELDSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- RUSSELL MOLDENHAUERWarrant Officer 1 · December 2, 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.