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RODNEY EUGENE ALTHOFF
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 24, 1946 – November 4, 1966
Service recordRodney Eugene Althoff, of York, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- October 24, 1946
- Home of record
- York, Pennsylvania (York County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 17
- HOWARD CLEVELAND BARKERSergeant · November 4, 1966
- WILLIAM CHAUNCEY BAROTTLieutenant Colonel · November 4, 1966
- JOHN DAVID BELTZSergeant · November 4, 1966
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE ADAMS JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 12E, Line 16
- HOWARD CLEVELAND BARKERSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 17
- WILLIAM CHAUNCEY BAROTTLieutenant Colonel · Panel 12E, Line 17
- JOHN DAVID BELTZSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 17
- LAWRENCE EUGENE BESSONPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 17
- AARON LEON THOMASSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 18
- WILLIAM SANFORD BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 19
- RICHARD BUCK CARLSONSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 19
- GERALD FRANCIS CURRIERCaptain · Panel 12E, Line 20
- JOSE LUIS FONTANEZ-VELEZPrivate · Panel 12E, Line 20
- FRED AUSBUN GADDISPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 21
- EUGENE FRANKLIN GOECKNERSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 21
- BRUCE EDGAR KERNDLPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 22
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · Panel 12E, Line 24
- LUIS ANTONIO PEREZ-CRUZPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 24
- CARL DUANE PRUITTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 24
- BOBBY YOUNGPrivate · Panel 12E, Line 26
From York
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
- HARRY CHARLES SMITHLance Corporal · December 8, 1965
- THOMAS EUGENE SAUBLECaptain · March 13, 1967
- WALTER LEROY ALBRIGHTSecond Lieutenant · March 24, 1967
- JOHN STANLEY ALMONEYCorporal · May 3, 1967
- DUAINE KARL FISHERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1967
- WENDELL LEWIS DAYSergeant · August 17, 1967
- LESTER MILTON NESSCorporal · January 27, 1968
- GARY LEE CRONEStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1968
- BERNARD JOHN BURNS JRSpecialist Four · February 6, 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.