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RODNEY ALVIN JAMES
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
March 30, 1946 – July 22, 1966
Service recordRodney Alvin James, of Plainfield, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 22, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 57
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Plainfield, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 22, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date July 22, 1966; 21 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 57
- DAVID LESLIE GAMBLEPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- RICHARD ARTHUR GILBREATHPetty Officer Third Class · July 22, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES HOLOKACorporal · July 22, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
From Plainfield
- EDWARD KNELL KISSAM JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- KENT DOUGLAS JORDANLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CHARLIE ALFRED CARDENSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH FOLEY IIILance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- CONRAD ANTHONY STYBELFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1967
- STANLEY SPIKESSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- EUGENE WILLIAM HENDRICKSStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- SALVATORE ALFRED ROWEPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- JAMES FRANKLIN BOYCEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1969
- LUDWIG GEORGE BAUMANNMajor · January 30, 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.