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RODNEY SALVADOR CANTOHOS
Corporal · U.S. Army
May 9, 1946 – February 13, 1968
Service recordRodney Salvador Cantohos, of Waipahu, Hawaii, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 13, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 18
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Unit Supply Specialist (76Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Waipahu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 13, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date February 13, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 168 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Khe Sanh was under way. From 21 January 1968, North Vietnamese divisions besieged the Marine combat base at Khe Sanh and its hill outposts near the Laotian border for 77 days, while U.S. aircraft dropped some 100,000 tons of bombs around it. Operation Pegasus reached the base on 8 April. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Read the history
Also on Panel 39E, Line 18
- EUGENE MICHAEL CAMPIONSergeant · February 13, 1968
- JOHN LEROY CAREYLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · February 13, 1968
- DONALD HUSTON COLEMANStaff Sergeant · February 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER ALBERTINICorporal · Panel 39E, Line 16
- WINFIELD WESLEY BECKFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 17
- JAMES LEE BROWN JRCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 17
- ERNEST FREDERICK DAVIDOVEPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 20
- ROBERT A ELIASergeant · Panel 39E, Line 20
- JAMES F FUQUASpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 21
- JACK WILLIAM GRANDAHLSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 21
- JOHN MAJOR MARTINFirst Lieutenant · Panel 39E, Line 23
- HOBERT TRUMAN ROLLINSCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 25
- NORMAN THOMAS DAGOSTINOSpecialist Four · Panel 39E, Line 27
- TIM THOMASCorporal · Panel 39E, Line 27
- TERRY WAYNE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 39E, Line 28
From Waipahu
- TONY R ARRIAGASergeant · May 6, 1966
- ABRAHAM PANGANORANStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1967
- HENRY T ARAGONStaff Sergeant · August 23, 1967
- EUGENE CHARLES WIREGunnery Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- JOSEPH SAROCAMSergeant First Class · September 18, 1968
- ANDRES BALAIStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- LARRY MELVIN ALCOSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1969
- THOMAS RICHARD ROOTSergeant · July 27, 1969
- FRANKLIN DANIEL SIBAYANSpecialist Four · July 28, 1969
- ROBERT K SPILLNERStaff Sergeant · August 18, 1969
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.