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RODNEY JOE BLACK
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
September 16, 1947 – May 2, 1969
Service recordRodney Joe Black, of Roswell, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 96
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Roswell, New Mexico (Chaves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long 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 26W, Line 96
- KENNETH LEROY WHITEStaff Sergeant · May 1, 1969
- GERALD DOUGLAS ANTHONYPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
- FRANKLIN G ATKINSON JRSpecialist Four · May 2, 1969
- RICHARD BOYCE BENNETTSergeant · May 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL CARRASCOSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 97
- JERRY RAY LANGLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 100
From Roswell
- LAVON STEPHEN WILSONSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- CRESENCIO PAUL SANCHEZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- GERALD SHIELDS SIMONSMajor · August 8, 1966
- JULIUS MITCHELL SANDERSPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- LARRY PAUL CAMPOSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1966
- JOHN K ADAMSCaptain · March 26, 1967
- TRINE ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HECTOR MARIO SAENZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- BENNIE LEE WESTCorporal · September 1, 1967
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.