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RODNEY BARRETTE CLINE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1947 – October 21, 1967
Service recordRodney Barrette Cline, of Garden City, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 21, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 45
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- March 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Garden City, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date October 21, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 28E, Line 45
- ALVIN RICHARDSON CHAVOUSCorporal · October 21, 1967
- WILLIAM LARRY CUMMINGSPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- JOHN LEWIS JONESPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- DONALD P YARRINGTON JRStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1967
From Garden City
- GARY LEWIS ELMOREPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- PETER THOMAS FITZPATRICKLance Corporal · February 20, 1966
- RICK JAMES STEWARTPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE TROMBLEYLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- RONALD DAVID GOULETSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LAROUCHESergeant · January 30, 1968
- RODNEY ROYCE BERNARDLance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- BRYAN THOMAS KAYSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- PAULL DAVID JOSESpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD KOTTYANSpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
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.