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RODERICK WAYNE BREAULT
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 28, 1947 – November 29, 1967
Service recordRoderick Wayne Breault, of Hudson Falls, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 2
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- March 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Hudson Falls, New York (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 2
- SAM TENORIOSergeant · November 28, 1967
- HILLARD EVANS WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- EDWARD FRANCIS ZACKOWSKISergeant · November 28, 1967
- DWIGHT FARWELL BENNETT JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1967
From Hudson Falls
- VINCENT CARMEN BOURDEAUSeaman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
- MICHAEL PETER CARRPetty Officer Third Class · July 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.