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RICHARD RODRIGUES
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 8, 1951 – May 25, 1970
Service recordRichard Rodrigues, of Fall River, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 8, 1951
- Home of record
- Fall River, Massachusetts (Bristol County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 10W, Line 99
- LESTER NEAL MOULTONFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1970
- RAFAEL OLIVOSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
- FRANCIS EDWIN PARKHILL JRSecond Lieutenant · May 25, 1970
- SIDNEY PIPER JRPrivate · May 25, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWARD BATCHELORCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 93
- GEORGE ALFRED BIRDWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 94
- PETER NORBERT BRUYERESpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 94
- JAMES EDWIN DOLANSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 96
- RAMON FLORES JRCorporal · Panel 10W, Line 97
- MICHAEL ROBERT KERNANSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 97
- TOMMY MAKIN CLAYTONPrivate · Panel 10W, Line 98
- BILLY EVERETT LAWRENCECorporal · Panel 10W, Line 98
- LESTER NEAL MOULTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10W, Line 99
- RAFAEL OLIVOSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 99
- CURTIS SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 100
From Fall River
- DONALD CHARLES JOHANSENFirst Lieutenant · October 20, 1963
- LOUIS PHILLIP GAGNE JRSpecialist Four · September 30, 1966
- DONALD GAGNELance Corporal · November 4, 1966
- RONALD FRANCIS LAKECorporal · April 4, 1967
- RICHARD HENRY ALMEIDALance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- THOMAS ALBERT DEROSIERCaptain · July 7, 1967
- ALFRED JOHN GASPARCorporal · July 29, 1967
- ALBERT WILLARD SANTOSLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN MEDEIROSLance Corporal · December 16, 1967
- JOSEPH VIEIRASpecialist Four · January 23, 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.