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REINALDO REIN RODRIGUEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 4, 1949 – January 16, 1971
Service recordReinaldo Rein Rodriguez, of Guanica, Puerto Rico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 16, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 50
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Guanica, Puerto Rico (Guanica County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 16, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 16, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 50
- TERRY FRANCIS MEZERAWarrant Officer 1 · January 16, 1971
- EARL NELSONStaff Sergeant · January 16, 1971
- ROY RODRIGUEZ SALINASSergeant First Class · January 16, 1971
- BRUCE CHARLES SHOVERPrivate First Class · January 16, 1971
From Guanica
- TORO SAUL LOPEZ-DELSergeant First Class · April 23, 1968
- PEDRO ANTO MAYMI-MARTINEZSpecialist Four · April 28, 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.