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ROBERT DAVID RHODES
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1950 – May 27, 1970
Service recordRobert David Rhodes, of Scituate, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 110
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Scituate, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 110
- FRANK MARTIN MEBSSpecialist Five · May 27, 1970
- DONALD WAYNE MYERSSergeant · May 27, 1970
- ALAN HUGH PARKSCorporal · May 27, 1970
- LARRY ALLAN RIPPESpecialist Four · May 27, 1970
From Scituate
- JOHN F LAZAROVICH JRLance Corporal · December 4, 1967
- JOSEPH THOMAS HUNTCorporal · January 27, 1968
- WAYNE PAUL NEWCOMBLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- HAROLD CHARLES WHITTAKERStaff Sergeant · February 29, 1968
- JAMES EDWIN DOLANSpecialist Four · May 25, 1970
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.