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RALPH O RODRIGUEZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 10, 1932 – January 8, 1968
Service recordRalph O Rodriguez, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 93
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 10, 1932
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 93
- RICHARD ALLEN RUMLEYCorporal · January 8, 1968
- LOUIS L SCHAUTTEET JRLance Corporal · January 8, 1968
- FREDERICK LLOYD SCHRAMCaptain · January 8, 1968
- J C STORYSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN BAKERStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 78
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.