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RODNEY WAYNE MELTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 1, 1947 – May 5, 1968
Service recordRodney Wayne Melton, of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 55E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 55E · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 1, 1947
- Home of record
- Wyomissing, Pennsylvania (Berks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
189 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1968; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 55E, Line 22
- RICHARD CARL MADISONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- JUAN PATRICIO MARTINEZStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1968
- CHAD DAVID MEADOWSSecond Lieutenant · May 5, 1968
- GARY MICHAEL MEIERPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
From Wyomissing
- RICHARD HOWARD ROYERFirst Lieutenant · May 25, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY KIEHNESergeant · February 13, 1972
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.