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MARTIN LEROY RODGERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 2, 1951 – July 26, 1970
Service recordMartin Leroy Rodgers, of Mckinney, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 26, 1970, in Kien Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 2, 1951
- Home of record
- Mckinney, Texas (Collin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 26, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kien Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Tuong Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 56
- RICHARD W PENNINGTONLieutenant Colonel · July 26, 1970
- LARRY WAYNE RASEYSpecialist Four · July 26, 1970
- RONALD JOSEPH SCHAAFSergeant · July 26, 1970
- JIMMY DON SMITHSergeant · July 26, 1970
From Mckinney
- ROYCE GLENN SCOGGINSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- DARREL ULDRIC MAHANCorporal · August 19, 1967
- THOMAS BERNARD HOLDBROOKSPrivate First Class · December 28, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM BRYANCorporal · January 20, 1968
- CHARLES EDWIN HOFFMANSpecialist Four · February 9, 1968
- JOHNNY CARROLL JONESPetty Officer Third Class · September 22, 1970
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.