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RODNEY LEE EGGLESTON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 19, 1948 – October 30, 1967
Service recordRodney Lee Eggleston, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 30, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 99
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 30, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date October 30, 1967; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 94 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 99
- THOMAS SANFORD GOENPetty Officer First Class · October 23, 1967
- JOE AMOSPlatoon Sergeant · October 30, 1967
- JOE HARRELL BASSPrivate First Class · October 30, 1967
- LARRY FRANKLIN COGGINSCorporal · October 30, 1967
- VICTOR ROBERT WOODENPetty Officer Third Class · October 30, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOE HARRELL BASSPrivate First Class · Panel 28E, Line 99
- LAWRENCE FRANCIS REYMANSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 101
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.