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RODOLFO PEREZ
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 17, 1947 – August 5, 1968
Service recordRodolfo Perez, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 5, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 16
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- August 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 5, 1968
- Age
- 20
- 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 August 5, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 16
- LUPE MONSEBAISLance Corporal · August 5, 1968
- JAMES LYNN MOORESpecialist Four · August 5, 1968
- TONY SALAZAR OROZCO JRPrivate First Class · August 5, 1968
- BLAINE CLARENCE SCHAFFERSergeant · August 5, 1968
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
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.