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RODNEY CLEVELAND UPCHURCH
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 22, 1947 – July 29, 1966
Service recordRodney Cleveland Upchurch, of Palo Alto, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 29, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- June 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Palo Alto, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 89
- HERBERT EUGENE SMITHChief Master Sergeant · July 1, 1966
- AKIRA YAMASHITASpecialist Five · July 29, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
- EDWARD MALINOWSKIPrivate First Class · July 30, 1966
From Palo Alto
- GORDON LEE PAGEColonel · March 7, 1966
- ROGER C HALLBERGSergeant First Class · March 24, 1967
- KIERAN JOHN STARRPrivate First Class · June 25, 1967
- DAVID JOHN UCKERLance Corporal · October 11, 1967
- RICHARD ARLAN STONESergeant · November 6, 1967
- DON PRIENSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- MICHAEL DURYEA LEEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JOHN DENIS PETERSCorporal · May 29, 1968
- PAUL ROSARIO LOFORTIWarrant Officer 1 · November 23, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH SCALISESergeant First Class · December 21, 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.