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PEDRO S RODRIQUEZ JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 16, 1948 – September 19, 1968
Service recordPedro S Rodriquez JR, of Waco, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 19, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 40
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
- June 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Waco, Texas (Mclennan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 19, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date September 19, 1968; 18 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 40
- PETER DAVID MATARAZZOPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- ROBERT MINOR MCVEAPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- TERRENCE MORANPrivate First Class · September 19, 1968
- PETER JOSEPH OTOOLECorporal · September 19, 1968
From Waco
- RAYMOND JOE VRBA JRStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1965
- LEROY GARRETT JRSpecialist Five · October 14, 1965
- MELVIN EUGENE COOKSPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- BENNY GLEN HACKLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- TERRANCE DEAN ADAMSCorporal · January 30, 1966
- DAVID WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · February 8, 1966
- ANTONIO JIMENEZSergeant · March 5, 1966
- WILLIE GEORGE HAWKINS JRCorporal · March 10, 1966
- DONALD RAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · April 6, 1966
- CHARLES WESLEY GOBER JRSergeant · June 4, 1966
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.