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RAMON SAUL RODRIGUEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 6, 1948 – February 15, 1968
Service recordRamon Saul Rodriguez, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 53
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 6, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 53
- MELVIN HILTON SANDERSPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- STEVAN ROY SARGENTSpecialist Four · February 15, 1968
- JIMMY LOUIS SILERPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- EURAL STANLEY JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
Same unit, same day
- SPENCER SCOTT FREESTONESpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 47
- FREDERICK WILLIAM HAASSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 47
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.