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RODNEY ALLEN VORE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 10, 1948 – March 27, 1969
Service recordRodney Allen Vore, of Monroe, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · 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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Monroe, Michigan (Monroe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 64
- CLYDE SEILERMajor · March 27, 1969
- ANTHONY JOHN URRUTIAFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1969
- JOHN BUSSEY WALLERSpecialist Five · March 27, 1969
- BOBBY JOE WALTERSSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND GEORGE CZERWIECStaff Sergeant · Panel 28W, Line 59
- ROBERT SMITH HARDISONPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 60
- JAMES ROBERT LONGSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 62
- WILLIE DANIEN MARTINEZCorporal · Panel 28W, Line 62
- ANTHONY JOHN URRUTIAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 64
- DAVID OLSEN WILSONSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 65
From Monroe
- NORMAN WALTER HECK JRCaptain · December 8, 1964
- MELVIN DAROLD DUTYSpecialist Four · November 6, 1966
- GRANT MADISON GILBREATHPlatoon Sergeant · April 11, 1967
- DAVID MICHAEL CLAVIERSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- LOUIS ROBERT BALOGSergeant · February 4, 1968
- RICHARD LEE GILBERTSergeant · May 14, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- LEONARD JOSEPH LIPAROTOPrivate First Class · September 12, 1968
- SAMUEL GAROLD BOSENBARKWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1969
- JOSEPH BURNITT RIGGSSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
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.