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MARGARITO RODRIGUEZ JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 3, 1949 – August 5, 1970
Service recordMargarito Rodriguez JR, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 5, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Tubine Engine Drive/Generator Repairer (52F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- July 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date August 5, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 86
- JEAN MASON KRAUSSergeant · August 5, 1970
- ANGELO GENTRY LARRAGASpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
- ROBERT JOSEPH MUELLENBACHStaff Sergeant · August 5, 1970
- DAVID RAY TOMASSpecialist Four · August 5, 1970
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.