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RODNEY SIU KIAHA
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 24, 1939 – November 6, 1968
Service recordRodney Siu Kiaha, of Pearl City, Hawaii, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 6, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 27
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Atomic Demolition Employment Technician (1372)
- Born
- June 24, 1939
- Home of record
- Pearl City, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1968
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 27
- LAURENCE BURTON GREENPrivate First Class · November 6, 1968
- EDWARD DOUGLAS HENRYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1968
- DENNIS GLENN INIGUEZPrivate First Class · November 6, 1968
- ROBERT GERALD JOLLYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1968
From Pearl City
- ALEKI JEREMIAStaff Sergeant · February 20, 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.