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RODNEY GEORGE JOHNDRO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 3, 1944 – August 6, 1970
Service recordRodney George Johndro, of Farmington, Maine, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 88
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist (55D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- June 3, 1944
- Home of record
- Farmington, Maine (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1970
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 88
- JAIME HERNANDEZ-CARRASQUILStaff Sergeant · August 6, 1970
- RICHARD JAMES LEONARDSpecialist Five · August 6, 1970
- ROBERT CARROL MOLLENHOURPrivate First Class · August 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CARROL MOLLENHOURPrivate First Class · Panel 8W, Line 88
From Farmington
- GARY ORAL C MANCHESTERPrivate First Class · December 26, 1969
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.