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RODERICK CHARLES PORTELLO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 28, 1934 – January 24, 1967
Service recordRoderick Charles Portello, of Pacoima, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 24, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- May 28, 1934
- Home of record
- Pacoima, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 24, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date January 24, 1967; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 74
- WILLIAM E HINGSTON JRCaptain · January 24, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE KENNYSergeant · January 24, 1967
- JOHN ALOYSIUS LAMBIE JRPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
- MAX COLEMAN SIMPSONPrivate First Class · January 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DAVID CLARK GREGORYSpecialist Five · Panel 14E, Line 73
- FRANCIS JAMES THOMPSONCaptain · Panel 14E, Line 75
From Pacoima
- WILLIAM GARCIASpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LUIS OLMOSPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD ADAMSSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- HOWARD DEXTER GERSHENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- WARREN H SCHROBILGEN JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- RONALD JAMES PERKINSLance Corporal · November 17, 1967
- RAYMOND BARELA PALMAPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN VILLEGASPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- EDUARDO VELOZSergeant · August 5, 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.