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RODOLFO VALDEZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 13, 1948 – August 26, 1971
Service recordRodolfo Valdez, of Edcouch, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1971, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 3
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Edcouch, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1971
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1971. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 3
- JOHN PAUL HOFFMANSergeant · August 26, 1971
- CURTIS CHARLES KASTLERSpecialist Four · August 26, 1971
- ROBERT NICHOLAS VENNIKStaff Sergeant · August 26, 1971
- ROBERT FREDRICK GARTNERSpecialist Four · August 27, 1971
Same unit, same day
- DANIEL ALLAN BRANCHEAUSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 2
- GEORGE ANTHONY CHAPMANSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 2
- JOHN PAUL HOFFMANSergeant · Panel 2W, Line 3
- CURTIS CHARLES KASTLERSpecialist Four · Panel 2W, Line 3
- ROBERT NICHOLAS VENNIKStaff Sergeant · Panel 2W, Line 3
From Edcouch
- GUADALUPE LERMAPrivate First Class · June 15, 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.