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PEDRO JUAN RODRIGUEZ
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 29, 1950 – August 22, 1968
Service recordPedro Juan Rodriguez, of San Angelo, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 22, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 29, 1950
- Home of record
- San Angelo, Texas (Tom Green County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 22, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date August 22, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 31
- JAMES HAROLD PIGOTTCorporal · August 22, 1968
- ANTHONY NEAL REVAKSpecialist Four · August 22, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL RICHARDSLance Corporal · August 22, 1968
- ROBERT LESLIE ROSSFirst Lieutenant · August 22, 1968
From San Angelo
- CHARLES MILTON FITTSFirst Lieutenant · January 11, 1963
- LEROY BURKS JRPrivate First Class · November 1, 1966
- MICHAEL COURTNEY QUINNSeaman · May 24, 1967
- LOUIS FARR JONESColonel · November 29, 1967
- HENRY WILBURN HARTMANSpecialist Five · January 31, 1968
- ROBERTO PENA RIOSPrivate · March 4, 1968
- DAVID ALLEN PARKERStaff Sergeant · April 6, 1968
- HARRIS LESTER COLLINSCorporal · April 26, 1968
- JIMMY RAY WHELESSCorporal · May 9, 1968
- REX WAYNE DOYLESpecialist Four · May 17, 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.