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PAUL DAVID RODRIGUEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 17, 1946 – April 5, 1966
Service recordPaul David Rodriguez, of Longmont, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 5, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Longmont, Colorado (Boulder County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 86
- LAWRENCE MCCREAPrivate First Class · April 5, 1966
- CHARLIE REED JRSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- CARLOS J SANCHEZSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- JAMES L SLADE JRSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
From Longmont
- CARLTON BARRY HALCOMBCorporal · February 14, 1968
- KENNETH EARL STETSONLance Corporal · February 17, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD HAMMCaptain · March 14, 1968
- LARRY GEORGE TREVARTONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
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.