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RODDNEY ALLEN RODDAM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1948 – May 29, 1968
Service recordRoddney Allen Roddam, of Anaheim, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 63W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 63W · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1968; ten of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 115 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 63W, Line 12
- JAMES LESLIE PRIDEMOREPrivate First Class · May 29, 1968
- FREDERICK FRANKLIN RAY JRLance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- MARK CHARLES ROKASKILance Corporal · May 29, 1968
- JAMES A RUSSELL IIICorporal · May 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD SMITHPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 63W, Line 13
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 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.