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PAUL IRVING RODERIGUES
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 17, 1947 – May 15, 1969
Service recordPaul Irving Roderigues, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 20
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 17, 1947
- Home of record
- New Bedford, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 20
- RONALD CHARLES PHILLIPSLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- JOSEPH MICHAEL PRICESpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
- RALPH ALBERT RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- PHILLIP DUANE SANDERSSergeant · May 15, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WALTER ROBERT STACYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 24W, Line 22
From New Bedford
- EDWARD JOSEPH ALMEIDAPrivate · July 8, 1965
- WILLIE JOSEPH WRIGHTSergeant First Class · December 5, 1965
- KENNETH EDWARD BEAUREGARDPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- PAUL ELIAS HASSEYPrivate First Class · March 28, 1966
- JAMES KEVIN OLEARYLance Corporal · July 24, 1966
- LUIZ PINA JRLance Corporal · December 2, 1966
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- PAUL JOSEPH LANDRYSergeant · April 29, 1967
- JAMES CLIFTON OFFLEYPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- NORMAND LOUIS BEAULIEUCorporal · June 2, 1967
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.