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RODNEY LEROY HUDDLESON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1945 – December 19, 1967
Service recordRodney Leroy Huddleson, of Milford, Ohio, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 19, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 23
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Milford, Ohio (Clermont County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 23
- PATRICK LEE HENSHAWSergeant · December 19, 1967
- THOMAS STOW HENSHAWLance Corporal · December 19, 1967
- CHARLES RALPH HOLLANDPrivate First Class · December 19, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK HOLZChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 19, 1967
From Milford
- SAMUEL QUENTON ASHERPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- JOHN WILLIAM MCCOYSpecialist Four · May 7, 1967
- VIRGIL LEMAR HITERPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- ROGER MINETT LAYPrivate First Class · January 25, 1968
- CLIFFORD JOHN T LEFLERSergeant · June 7, 1969
- GERALD WILLIAM HILLSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
- RANDALL CHARLES SHORTSpecialist Four · May 24, 1971
- LOUIS JOHN SPEIDELCaptain · June 25, 1971
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.