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RODNEY H MAUNAKEA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 2, 1948 – May 12, 1969
Service recordRodney H Maunakea, of Waimanalo, Hawaii, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 12, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 77
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- July 2, 1948
- Home of record
- Waimanalo, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
170 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25W, Line 77
- JOSEPH ERNEST MELVINCorporal · May 12, 1969
- JORGE LUIS MENDEZ-MATOSPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- JEROME MENTERPetty Officer Third Class · May 12, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS MILLERLance Corporal · May 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GERALD RICHARD ACTONSpecialist Four · Panel 25W, Line 58
- LARRY LEE BAXTERPrivate First Class · Panel 25W, Line 61
From Waimanalo
- ROBERT SOARES ANDRADEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1966
- WILLIAM KAPENA ALAMEDACorporal · November 1, 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.