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RODERICK JAMES RODENBECK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 30, 1946 – February 11, 1967
Service recordRoderick James Rodenbeck, of Rockford, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 11, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Rockford, Illinois (Winnebago County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date February 11, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 88 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 17
- MILES HENRY NELSONFirst Lieutenant · February 11, 1967
- CLAUDE ALOYSIUS ONLEYPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1967
- ABRAHAM B REESEPrivate First Class · February 11, 1967
- OLIVER GILMAN ROWE JRStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLARD DAVID ARNOLDSergeant · Panel 15E, Line 16
- MILES HENRY NELSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 15E, Line 17
- ABRAHAM B REESEPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 17
- MARCUS DELMAR WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 15E, Line 18
From Rockford
- LARRY DEAN BELLCorporal · November 10, 1965
- THOMAS DUANE GLAWEPrivate First Class · June 16, 1966
- A W TRIPPLETTPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- J L LYLESCorporal · February 16, 1967
- MELVIN BALLARDSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT VERNER PEARSONSpecialist Four · April 7, 1967
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- NOTLEY GWYNN MADDOXColonel · May 20, 1967
- LARRY WILLIAM KNIGHTHospitalman · June 1, 1967
- CURTIS LEE DUCKETTPrivate First Class · June 23, 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.