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NICK NATHANIEL RODRIGUEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 7, 1948 – October 22, 1971
Service recordNick Nathaniel Rodriguez, of New York, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 22, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 48
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- O-1/U-6 Airplane Repairman (67B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 7, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1971; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 48
- RANDALL EUGENE MAGGIOSergeant · October 22, 1971
- ANTHONY JOSEPH MENSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 22, 1971
- BILLY VANCE MORRISSpecialist Four · October 22, 1971
- ANTON JOHN SCHNOBRICHSpecialist Four · October 22, 1971
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY JOSEPH MENSENChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 2W, Line 48
- BILLY VANCE MORRISSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 48
- ANTON JOHN SCHNOBRICHSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 48
- WILLIAM RUSSELL LEWIS JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 2W, Line 49
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.