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MATIAS T RODRIGUEZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 18, 1946 – September 19, 1966
Service recordMatias T Rodriguez JR, of Eagle Pass, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 122
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Eagle Pass, Texas (Maverick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1966; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 122
- ROBERT ALLAN POWELLPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- RONALD LEE TAYLORPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- JIMMY RAY WALDREPPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- JOHNNY EDWARD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
From Eagle Pass
- BALTAZAR A MALDONADOPrivate First Class · November 26, 1966
- PABLO RENE GONZALEZLance Corporal · July 18, 1967
- RAMIRO HERRERA JRSpecialist Four · September 22, 1967
- ADRIAN LOUIS LYNN JRStaff Sergeant · November 23, 1967
- ERASMO PALOSLance Corporal · March 31, 1968
- RAMIRO FROLIAN OLIVOCorporal · May 9, 1968
- JUAN VARGAS ESTRADACorporal · January 16, 1969
- DAVID GARZAPrivate First Class · November 19, 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.