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RODOLFO CARRILLO SERRANO
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 9, 1946 – April 1, 1968
Service recordRodolfo Carrillo Serrano, of Soledad, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 1, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 34
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Soledad, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 1, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date April 1, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 34
- BRIAN JOHN MATHISONLieutenant (junior grade) · April 1, 1968
- ROBERT EDWIN MENTZER JRPrivate First Class · April 1, 1968
- RONNIE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
- GEORGE LEE MYERSSpecialist Four · April 1, 1968
From Soledad
- JOSE DEJESUS LOPEZCorporal · January 20, 1968
- WALTER FRANCIS SKINNERPrivate First Class · February 25, 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.