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MANUEL RODRIGUEZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 11, 1948 – June 2, 1969
Service recordManuel Rodriguez JR, of Clint, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 47
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- M CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- March 11, 1948
- Home of record
- Clint, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 47
- DENNIS GLENN PRINCESergeant · June 2, 1969
- DANIEL LOUIS PUCCICorporal · June 2, 1969
- JIMMIE LYNN REEDStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1969
- EMANUEL LAWRENCE SAUNDERSStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1969
From Clint
- ROBERT ALVAREZPrivate First Class · March 24, 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.