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RODOLFO ANDRES SAENZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 5, 1945 – May 21, 1967
Service recordRodolfo Andres Saenz, of Mercedes, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Mercedes, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; 17 of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 78
- DAVID CARL LINDBERGCaptain · May 21, 1967
- HILDRA MCCOY JRStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1967
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- ANTHONY WILFRED ROYBALSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM P CENTERS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 20E, Line 71
- EUGENE HAROLD DICKINSONSergeant · Panel 20E, Line 72
- JERRY LEE HOUSERPrivate · Panel 20E, Line 75
- TOLER LEE HUTCHINS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 75
- PHILLIP EARL IRELANDSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 75
- JAMES ALBERT JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 20E, Line 75
- ALFRED LEESergeant · Panel 20E, Line 76
- JAMES DAVID MCWHORTERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 76
- PATRICK MICHAEL LOISELPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 77
- HENRY DAVID MCINNISSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 78
- ANTHONY WILFRED ROYBALSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 78
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 20E, Line 79
- JAMES THOMAS STEIGHNERSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 79
- DWIGHT ELMER TIMBERLAKESpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 79
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20E, Line 80
- WALTER STEPHEN SIMPSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 66E, Line 3
From Mercedes
- ISIDRO MARTINEZSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- PEDRO MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 21, 1966
- TOMAS MARROQUIN JRPrivate First Class · August 11, 1966
- ARTURO GARCIASpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- HAROLD RAY REEVESSergeant · February 4, 1968
- GUADALUPE PRADO JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- JOHN DOSS ALLENLance Corporal · May 24, 1970
- EDELMIRO LEONEL GARCIA SRSpecialist Five · May 12, 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.