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ROBERT RODRIGUEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 10, 1945 – March 16, 1970
Service recordRobert Rodriguez, of Wichita Falls, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 9
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
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- June 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Wichita Falls, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 9
- RICHARD HUGH PROPSTPrivate First Class · March 16, 1970
- RALPH SCOTT PURDUMPetty Officer Third Class · March 16, 1970
- JOSEPH STEPHEN SAUKAITISPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1970
- STUART JACKSON SCRUGGS JRPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY RAY ALLENSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 2
- FERNANDO DELA CRUZStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 4
- FORREST DARRYL SUMTERCorporal · Panel 12W, Line 11
From Wichita Falls
- RONALD ALAN MILLERSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- CHESTER LEWIS GABLEMajor · February 10, 1966
- BILLY WAYNE MORTONPrivate First Class · March 14, 1966
- THURMAN WAYNE OWENStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- GEORGE GRADY COOPERMajor · January 21, 1967
- JOHNNY EDWARD BRUMLEYSergeant · February 26, 1967
- JOHN WAYNE MOWERFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES SHIVER JRLance Corporal · April 30, 1967
- TEDDY REX DUNNSergeant · May 31, 1967
- JAMES GARY HINCHSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
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.