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RODNEY ROYCE BERNARD
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1947 – June 5, 1968
Service recordRodney Royce Bernard, of Garden City, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 60W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 60W · Line 14
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Garden City, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date June 5, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 60W, Line 14
- DENNIS OWEN AKERSSpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH ALLENPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- FELIX RAMON BOCANEGRALance Corporal · June 5, 1968
- DANA ROBERT CALLSpecialist Five · June 5, 1968
From Garden City
- GARY LEWIS ELMOREPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- PETER THOMAS FITZPATRICKLance Corporal · February 20, 1966
- RICK JAMES STEWARTPrivate First Class · June 27, 1967
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE TROMBLEYLance Corporal · August 2, 1967
- RODNEY BARRETTE CLINEPrivate First Class · October 21, 1967
- RONALD DAVID GOULETSergeant · January 3, 1968
- JAMES MICHAEL LAROUCHESergeant · January 30, 1968
- BRYAN THOMAS KAYSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
- PAULL DAVID JOSESpecialist Four · November 1, 1968
- GEORGE EDWARD KOTTYANSpecialist Four · 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.