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RODGER LEON TRAMMELL
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 29, 1946 – May 16, 1966
Service recordRodger Leon Trammell, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 64
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 64
- JOHN CHARLES ALBERTSPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- LEO VERNON BEAULIEUPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- JOHN ROBERT BOOTHPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE GEARHARTPrivate First Class · May 16, 1966
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- ALLAN EUGENE FOLLETTSpecialist Four · December 11, 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.