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RODNEY CHARLES GREY
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 14, 1950 – December 13, 1970
Service recordRodney Charles Grey, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 13, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 118
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date December 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 118
- DAVID LEE NORRISPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
- MICHAEL KEITH WOODCOCKPrivate First Class · December 12, 1970
- RICHARD LEE FERGUSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1970
- DONALD RAY JENKINSLance Corporal · December 13, 1970
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.