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ROBERT LAWRENCE RODRICK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 18, 1947 – June 14, 1968
Service recordRobert Lawrence Rodrick, of Brockton, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 14, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 20
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wire Systems Installer (36C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- April 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Brockton, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 14, 1968; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 20
- ROYAL CHARLES MANKTechnical Sergeant · June 14, 1968
- DARRELL WAYNE MAYNARDPrivate First Class · June 14, 1968
- CRAIG STANLEY MUHICHSpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD WHITESpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
From Brockton
- WILLIAM DAVID FRAWLEYLieutenant Commander · March 1, 1966
- WILLIAM FRANCIS MULLENMajor · April 29, 1966
- ROBERT LEON BOSSSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- TIMOTHY HOLSTERSpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- RONALD E BERRISFORDPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD HOULIHANCorporal · July 6, 1967
- WLADYSLAW STANISZEWSKICorporal · July 7, 1967
- DANNY ERIC GOODWINLance Corporal · August 24, 1967
- THEODORE FRED JOHNSONCorporal · January 18, 1968
- HUGH RICHARD JOHNSON JRSpecialist Four · February 10, 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.