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RODNEY ELMER MARRUFO JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 18, 1947 – May 23, 1968
Service recordRodney Elmer Marrufo JR, of Stewarts Point, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Stewarts Point, California (Sonoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 11
- PAUL RIVERS MARTINPrivate First Class · May 23, 1968
- JOHN ULMER MCALISTERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- CHARLES RUSSELL MILLERStaff Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- CLIFTON PEARCE MOAKFirst Lieutenant · May 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BILLY CHAPMANSpecialist Four · Panel 66E, Line 7
- BRUCE HERBERT DYERSpecialist Four · Panel 66E, Line 8
- PAUL RIVERS MARTINPrivate First Class · Panel 66E, Line 11
- TIMOTHY ARTHUR MCGURTYCorporal · Panel 66E, Line 12
- BILLY JOE PARRISHSergeant First Class · Panel 67E, Line 1
- MARTIN JOSEPH RAPCZAKSergeant · Panel 67E, Line 2
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.